Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 10:50:33 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Janne Mattila <jannemat@saunalahti.fi> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Slow network: FreeBSD 4.6, Linksys LNE100TX NIC and 3Com 3C905C-TX Message-ID: <3D4EBAE9.7050201@owt.com> References: <000501c23ca7$66119af0$0500a8c0@deskxedra>
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Janne Mattila wrote: > Hello all! This is my first post. :) > > I just installed FreeBSD 4.6 as gateway/router and my workstation > (Win2000) is having very poor transfer rates. Especially download rate, > which is about 2kB/s sec. (Yes, 100Mb LAN and 2kB/s). My girlfriend > workstation (Win2000) with Kingston KNE100TX NIC is OK (5-10MB/s upload > and 3-9Mb/s download, ProFTPd). Our hub is CentreCOM MR912TX. > > I also have very poor download speed from Internet and I think it is > related to FreeBSD, since it is router and all my data is coming through > it. I get as much as 90KB/s Internet transfers through my FreeBSD 4.6-stable server. I would check to make sure one of your systems hasn't defaulted to the wrong duplex and add IP addresses into your W2K and FreeBSD boxes for both systems. Kent > > FreeBSD box itself has two (2) 3Com 3c905C-TX Fast Etherlink XL cards. > > I heard also FreeBSD is having problems with 3Com 3c905C-TX cards? Slow? > > Here is so far what I've tried. > > FreeBSD side; tried changing 100BaseTX to 100BaseTX fullduplex, tried > other cables. Win2000 side; tried re-installing and other drives, tried > 10mb, 100mb, full and halfduplex. No go. > > Any suggestions and/OR help is appreciated! > > - JM > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > . > > -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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