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Date:      Tue, 2 Jun 1998 18:50:42 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Scott Drassinower <scottd@cloud9.net>
To:        David Greenman <dg@root.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Intel EtherExpress 100+ problems 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980602184714.24889B-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
In-Reply-To: <199806022244.PAA18069@implode.root.com>

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Which switch are you using?

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 Scott M. Drassinower					    scottd@cloud9.net
 Cloud 9 Consulting, Inc.			       	     White Plains, NY
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On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, David Greenman wrote:

> >netstat -i on the client has no interface errors, netstat -i on the server
> >has one output error but no input errors.
> 
>    I'm not too surprised by this; the one case where I saw the lossage problem
> with the Cisco didn't show any errors on either side, yet there was 20% packet
> loss. I'm sure if I had been using NFS in that case that things would have
> sucked badly.
> 
> >I might be able to get a hold of another 100 megabit switch, perhaps an
> >Intel, and we can see if the problem goes away or if it's the same.  I'm
> >wondering if there are other people running 100 megabit that might be able
> >to duplicate this problem.
> 
>    I use Intel Pro/100B and 100+ cards in all of my machines here on a fast
> ether switch in full duplex with NFS. I've never had any problems. We also
> do the same with freefall/hub/etc. While we've had problems with NFS there
> when one of the machines goes down, I don't recall seeing any problems like
> you're having with selective processes wedging.
> 
> -DG
> 
> David Greenman
> Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
> 


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