Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 15:32:03 -0700 From: "Cliff L. Biffle" <cbiffle@safety.net> To: "Craig Reyenga" <creyenga@connectmail.carleton.ca> Cc: <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Any ideas at all about network problem? Message-ID: <200212021532.03071.cbiffle@safety.net> In-Reply-To: <a05200f26ba10df70dc1d@[146.106.12.76]> References: <2668299.1038795112570.JavaMail.creyenga@connectmail.carleton.ca> <001001c299c7$766a6120$0200000a@sewer.org> <a05200f26ba10df70dc1d@[146.106.12.76]>
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On Monday 02 December 2002 03:05 am, Brad Knowles wrote: > =09According to all the source modules I've read regarding RealTek > cards, they're about the biggest pieces of hardware garbage that has > ever been inflicted on the free/open community. However, a 3Com card > should be a little better. Have you tried replacing both RealTek > cards with 3Com, to see if that changes things? One thing I've used in the past that improves Realtek throughput is forci= ng=20 the media type and duplex setting on both ends of the connection. Autode= tect=20 in the 8139s seems to be unreliable at times. In my testing here I can get upwards of 1100kBps over 10baseT as long as = I set=20 both ends to full-duplex 10baseT/UTP. (This is from a 5.0-DP2 box to a=20 4.5-RELEASE box, 8139's on both ends; scp and nfs show about the same=20 throughput.) iirc, Craig was seeing closer to 800kBps. I'm trying to fi= nd a=20 patch cable (or a crimper) to try 100mbps. -Cliff L. Biffle To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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