Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 11:37:32 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Brian O'Shea <boshea@ricochet.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tuning the 4.1-R kernel for networking Message-ID: <20010808113732.E534@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <20010807213320.D529@ricochet.net>; from boshea@ricochet.net on Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 09:33:20PM -0700 References: <20010807213320.D529@ricochet.net>
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On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 09:33:20PM -0700, Brian O'Shea wrote: > Hello, > > I am using a PIII 550MHz UP system running FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE. It has > a 3c905B-TX Fast Etherlink XL card. > > # ifconfig xl0 > xl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 10.34.24.62 netmask 0xfffffc00 broadcast 10.34.27.255 > inet6 fe80::2c0:4fff:fe20:3926%xl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > ether 00:c0:4f:20:39:26 > media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active > supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX > 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP 100baseTX <hw-loopback> Apart from Alfred's suggestions to up some sysctl values, I would suggest - specifically for 3c905* cards - to explicitly configure the interface media (add 'media 100baseTX' to your ifconfig line). You did not report any throughput problems, so this might not be a problem for you; still, it might be worth trying. G'luck, Peter -- Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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