From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 30 19:07:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA28381 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 19:07:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp1.fas.harvard.edu (smtp1.fas.harvard.edu [140.247.30.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA28367 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 19:06:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lynders@hcs.harvard.edu) Received: from lynders (lynders.student.harvard.edu [140.247.163.120]) by smtp1.fas.harvard.edu with SMTP id WAA13654 From: "Sean Lyndersay" To: "Paul King" , "Doug White" Cc: Subject: RE: Slow network performance on 3com 3c509 Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 22:02:19 -0500 Message-ID: <000601bd5c51$6b25fd00$78a3f78c@lynders.student.harvard.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Okay then, I'll remove the SB and see what happens. thanks, 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 > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul King [mailto:paulk@ether.online.sh.cn] > Sent: Monday, March 30, 1998 9:46 PM > To: Sean Lyndersay; Doug White > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Slow network performance on 3com 3c509 > > > 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