From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Aug 18 12:17:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA09889 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 12:17:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from portwwwbus.tc.cc.va.us (portwwwbus.tc.cc.va.us [164.106.211.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA09882 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 12:17:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from djflow@erols.com) Received: from portbus1.tc.cc.va.us (portbus1.tc.cc.va.us [164.106.211.24]) by portwwwbus.tc.cc.va.us (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA26813; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 15:11:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199808181911.PAA26813@portwwwbus.tc.cc.va.us> X-Sender: djflow@portwwwbus.tc.cc.va.us X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.1 Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 15:17:51 -0400 To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG From: Derek Flowers Subject: Re: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B network collisions Cc: Tom , Vadim Belman In-Reply-To: References: <199808181036.MAA28563@plab.ku.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 10:10 AM 8/18/98 -0700, you wrote: > >On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Vadim Belman wrote: > >... >> Surprisingly, we found that Intel board produces a _huge_ >> number of network collisions, almost for every output >> packet. >... >> We have 3COM switches installed in our location. >> >> Did anyone experience the same or similar problem with >> cards in question? This may or may not apply here but is worth looking at: High Rate of Collisions on 100-MB Networks http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q169/7/89.asp I know it is for Windows, but if the hardware is configured the same way, the same problem could occur. -Derek To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message