From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 30 19:04:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA27763 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 19:04:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ers.online.sh.cn ([202.96.211.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA27396 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 19:01:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paulk@ether.online.sh.cn) Received: from jinbo.ether.online.sh.cn (202.96.250.184) by ers.online.sh.cn (EMWAC SMTPRS 0.81) with SMTP id ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 10:59:37 +0800 Message-ID: From: "Paul King" To: "Sean Lyndersay" , "Doug White" Cc: Subject: Re: Slow network performance on 3com 3c509 Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 10:45:39 +0800 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG SB-16's interrupt handle may be conflicting with 3C509. ---------- > From: Sean Lyndersay > To: Doug White > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Slow network performance on 3com 3c509 > Date: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 8:04 AM > > On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Doug White wrote: > > > On Sun, 29 Mar 1998, Sean Lyndersay wrote: > > > > > I just installed FreeBSD 2.2.5 from the Walnut Creek CD set, with no major > > > problems. However, when attempt to use any network functions (telnet, for > > > instance), my performance is very very slow, comparable, or worse than a > > > modem. I have a 3Com 3c509 ISA card which has worked fine in Windows 3.x, > > > Windows 95, NT, OS/2 and Linux. I found a reference to poor performance in > > > the newsgroup archives but it refered to "buggy" drivers in the 2.1.x > > > distribution. Are the drivers still buggy, or is there something I can do > > > (short of buying a new card, as suggested in some recent posts in the > > > newsgroup). I don't appear to be getting buffer overruns or any similar > > > thing. Thoughts would be appreciated. > > > > Check that your Ethernet card isn't using the resources of another device. > > Slow Ethernet performance can sometimes be linked to sharing IRQs with > > another device. > > All I have in there is an SB16, for which I didn't even have support > compiled in. I'm probably going to pick up another card tonight and try > it. Frankly I think this is a lot of trouble to go to, but I have no > choice at this point. > > sean > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Sean Lyndersay Logic is a systematic method for coming > lynders@hcs.harvard.edu to the wrong conclusion with confidence. > ________________________________________________________________________ > [finger for all other info] http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~lynders > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message