Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 21:09:01 -0400 (EDT) From: "David H. Brierley" <dave@galaxia.com> To: Chris <chris@exit109.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing over a network, problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980728210005.3701A-100000@trantor.galaxia.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980728112825.26980C-100000@firestorm.exit109.com>
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On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Chris wrote:
> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.6 on a machine i just put together, it
> saw the 3com509b network card fine, i did the partitions and all that,
The last time I tried to do a network install with a 3C509 card I
got pretty much the same results. I ended up moving a CD onto the
machine and using that to do the install. When I finally got the
machine up I noticed that the network seemed awfully slow. I did
some performance tests and determined that in one direction I was
getting about 250 KB per second but in the other direction I was
only getting about 7 KB per second! (yes, I really mean seven with
no zeroes after it!) I pulled the 3C509 card out and replaced it
with a cheap NE2000 clone and performance in both directions jumped
to over 300KB. I have since since similar performance on 3 other
FreeBSD machines with 3C509 cards. The moral of the story: do not
use a 3C509 card on a FreeBSD machine.
P.S. to be fair, I also have 3 other FreeBSD boxes with 3C509 cards
in them that seem just fine. However, a success rate of 50% is
not what I would consider something to brag about.
--
David H. Brierley
dave@galaxia.com
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