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To: "David H. Brierley" <dave@galaxia.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
From: Rico Pajarola <pajarola@cybertime.ch>
Subject: Re: installing over a network, problems
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At 21:09 28.07.98 -0400, you wrote:
>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.
I have several Machines with 3C509 cards in them, and I always installed
them over the net with no problems ever (they all have no cdroms), and I am
getting 650k in both directions on a lucky day (550k otherwise).

>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.
one out of four = 50% ?

Rico Pajarola

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