From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 20 19:59:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89E4416A41F for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:59:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail16.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail16.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.197]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13D1D43D5F for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:59:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (c220-239-19-236.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.19.236]) by mail16.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k0KJxQPI004177 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Sat, 21 Jan 2006 06:59:29 +1100 Received: from cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (localhost.alcatel.com.au [127.0.0.1]) by cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0KJxQHh031721; Sat, 21 Jan 2006 06:59:26 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from pjeremy@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au) Received: (from pjeremy@localhost) by cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id k0KJxQjb031720; Sat, 21 Jan 2006 06:59:26 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from pjeremy) Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 06:59:26 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Ted Faber Message-ID: <20060120195926.GJ25397@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> References: <20060120173633.GD45194@hut.isi.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060120173633.GD45194@hut.isi.edu> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: slow bfe0, dropouts - help? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:59:37 -0000 On Fri, 2006-Jan-20 09:36:33 -0800, Ted Faber wrote: >I'm running a Dell Inspiron 6000 with at Broadcom BCM4401-B0 Fast >Ethernet on it, and the "Fast" really isn't there. I'm frequently getting >KB/s performance out of it on a 100 Mb/s link when trying to download, This looks like a duplex mismatch - one end of the link is running full-duplex and the other end is running half-duplex, probably because one end is forced to full-duplex and the other end is auto-negotiate. Compare 'ifconfig bfe0' on the FreeBSD box with the status reported by the switch. See the 'media' and 'mediaopt' options of ifconfig(8) and the supported options in bfe(4). -- Peter Jeremy