From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 11 00:47:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 145F816A4CE for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:47:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (u46n208.hfx.eastlink.ca [24.222.46.208]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCD3943D1F for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:47:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D19FF358B1; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:47:18 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDE0C348A1; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:47:18 -0300 (ADT) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:47:18 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Charles Swiger In-Reply-To: <0D70424D-EB16-11D8-BAD8-003065ABFD92@mac.com> Message-ID: <20040810214143.C62519@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20040810173211.V776@ganymede.hub.org> <0D70424D-EB16-11D8-BAD8-003065ABFD92@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: em driver worse then fxp driver ... why? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:47:18 -0000 'k, did someone fix something with the em driver? :( Figuring it couldn't hurt to try auto-neg once more, and so far, 0 Ierrs :( So either someone fixed the em problem, or the em problem was transient ... but it was originally the default (autoselect), and I only moved it to a hard coded *after* playing with all three *sigh* Thanks ... On Tue, 10 Aug 2004, Charles Swiger wrote: > [ ...crossposting between stable and freebsd-net trimmed... ] > > On Aug 10, 2004, at 4:37 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >> I've tried in bth half and full duplex mode .. full duplex, Ierrs climbs, >> half-duplex, Collisions climb ... > > You should expect to see some collisions (1% or so) when working in > half-duplex mode: that's the nature of the beast. > > Is your Linksys switch managed or unmanaged? If you can set both it and the > em to manually configured 100/FD, that would be worth trying. I'd also try > swapping a cable plugged into a working fxp box with the machine using the > em, and see whether the problems follow, or whether the fxp system starts > having issues. A bad cable or a flaky port on the switch could also be > causing your problems, but ethernet autonegotiation failing seems to be more > likely given the description. > > -- > -Chuck > > ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664