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From: Tony Frank <tfrank@optushome.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Performance problems with a Via Rhine II and a rtl8139C NIC on
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Hi,

On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 11:10:26PM +0100, Guido Winkelmann wrote:
> > Have you checked that you have the NIC setup for same speed/duplex as your
> > switch/hub/other pc ?
> The autonegotiated setting for the card is 100baseTX <full-duplex>, according 
> to ifconfig, which is the same setting all the other cards connected to that 
> switch are using.

I meant check that the port on the switch is running in 100 full duplex.
If the switch port is half-duplex mode you will likely run into collisions or
similar.
Perhaps a 'netstat -i' will show if you are having errors on your interface?

Tony