From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Oct 25 08:50:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA25929 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 08:50:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA25924 for ; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 08:50:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from xroot@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA21849; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 08:51:09 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199810251651.IAA21849@implode.root.com> To: Reinier Bezuidenhout cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fxp 10/100 and device timeouts In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 25 Oct 1998 16:42:32 +0100." <199810251542.QAA06431@borg.kryptokom.de> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 08:51:09 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >I am doing some througput tests and I'm running into some problems >with the Intel ether express 10/100B cards. > >I am using ttcp with udp packets and using different packet sizes. The >connections are 100MB full-duplex connections with x-over cables. The >setup is as follows. Don't use cross-over cables. This was a known problem early on and Intel's official response when I asked them about it was "cross-over cables aren't supported with the Pro/100B cards". I suspect there is some bit of PHY programming that needs to be done that isn't happening, but that's just a guess. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message