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Date:      Tue, 18 May 1999 17:57:56 +0100 (BST)
From:      dave@educentre.com
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   kern/11765: performance bug: network devices fxp :  de perform Very slowly when both cards are in a single machine
Message-ID:  <199905181657.RAA18485@www.educentre.com>

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>Number:         11765
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       performance bug: network devices fxp & de perform Very slowly when both cards are in a single machine
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue May 18 10:00:01 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     David Hanney
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE i386
>Organization:
educentre
>Environment:

FreeBSD
www.educentre.com 3.1-STABLE FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE #3: Mon May 17 15:58:26 BST 1999
dave@www.educentre.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/EDUCENTRE  i386

>Description:

If you have a de network card (Kingston)
and an fxp network card (Intel) in a single
machine then you can't get more than 14K/s
xfer speed down the de network card.

>How-To-Repeat:

Machine A is multihomed.
It has an fxp network card (e.g. used to talk to the net)
and a de network card (used to talk to machine B)

Machine B is singehomed.
It has a de network card used only for talking with machine A.

FTP GET on machine B from A (or vice versa) goes at max speed of 14K/s
down a short:) length of UTP crossover.
both de cards are talking 10baset/utp half duplex

>Fix:

Swapping the fxp card with machine B's de card
(so that each machine contains just one type of card)
restores performance to expected levels.


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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