From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 21 11:36:33 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFA8716A4CE for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:36:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ctb-mesg4.saix.net (ctb-mesg4.saix.net [196.25.240.76]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 002B843D1D for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:36:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from savage@savage.za.org) Received: from netsphere.cenergynetworks.com (wblv-146-240-203.telkomadsl.co.za [165.146.240.203]) by ctb-mesg4.saix.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EC6DB0E9 for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:36:25 +0200 (SAST) Received: from pmx.ournet.co.za ([198.19.0.73] helo=netsphere.cenergynetworks.com) by netsphere.cenergynetworks.com with smtp (Exim 4.41) id 1D3BrT-0000nJ-sV for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:36:24 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.10] (helo=netphobia) by netsphere.cenergynetworks.com with smtp (Exim 4.41) id 1D3BrT-0000nF-ph for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:36:23 +0200 Message-ID: <000a01c51809$a0c00c00$0a01a8c0@ops.cenergynetworks.com> From: "Chris Knipe" To: Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:36:47 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 X-Broken-Reverse-DNS: 192.168.1.10 X-PMX-Version: 4.7.0.111621, Antispam-Engine: 2.0.2.0, Antispam-Data: 2005.2.8.1 Subject: Re: Re: high latency X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Chris Knipe List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:36:33 -0000 >> Hi, >> >> I have 4 FreeBSD Servers connected to a Cisco 2950 all doing inter-VLAN >> routing. Everything is working right, but one server is getting absurdly >> high latency through the VLANs. > > [...] > >> Now, the problematic box is running a RealTek card, > > Ugh. You don't say which one, but I just cured a prob with nfs by > replacing a brand new Realtek card with an old digital NIC that was > lying around. Not for the first time, I vow never to use Realtek cards > again. Yup. Switched the card and problem solved. I use RealTek mainly because I have heard that they have the best support for VLANs with large packets inside those VLANs. Oh well, we'll be running only cisco on the networking side pretty soon, then there wont be a use for VLANs on the servers :) Thanks -- chris.