Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 23:04:14 -0600 From: "Doug Welch" <dougwelch@earthlink.net> To: "Peter/Los Angeles, CA" <peter@haloflightleader.net>, "John Hanley" <jh_@yahoo.com>, "Keith J" <kjohnso8@columbus.rr.com> Cc: "Tom" <tom@uniserve.com>, <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 4.5 PRERELEASE - Call for testing Message-ID: <001201c18e93$ef95e780$0100a8c0@hole2> References: <20011227002248.40200.qmail@web10104.mail.yahoo.com> <01cf01c18e6d$59b81420$245b1486@hhlaw.com>
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Sorry to intrude but these are the results of real transfers using : auto and auto, then auto and manual ftp> mget fasttimesatridgemont.avi local: fasttimesatridgemont.avi remote: fasttimesatridgemont.avi 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 'fasttimesatridgemont.avi' (682295296 bytes). 100% |*************************************************************************** *******************************| 650 MB 00:00 ETA 226 Transfer complete. 682295296 bytes received in 126.71 seconds (5.14 MB/s) $ ifconfig dc0 dc0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 192.168.0.25 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 inet6 fe80::220:78ff:fe07:9b15%dc0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 ether 00:20:78:07:9b:15 media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active ########### Above NIC located on freeBSD 4.5 release workstation $ ifconfig dc0 dc0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex) status: active inet 192.168.0.15 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 inet6 fe80::220:78ff:fe03:85e8%dc0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 inet 192.168.0.15 255.255.255.0 NONE media autoselect <------------- set to auto *********** Above NIC located on OpenBSD 3.0 current server Then on the server side of things.... I edited hostname.dc0 and changed the entry to: inet 192.168.0.27 255.255.255.0 NONE media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex <------------set to manual now Then saved the changes and rebooted. I did this instead of just changing on the fly for safety sake and a clean test. $ ifconfig dc0 dc0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 media: Ethernet 100baseTX full-duplex <-----no auto here anymore status: active inet 192.168.0.15 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 inet6 fe80::220:78ff:fe03:85e8%dc0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 ********** Above is after reboot I verified /etc/hostname.dc0 was still reflecting my change.. ftp> prompt Interactive mode off. ftp> mget fasttimesatridgemont.avi local: fasttimesatridgemont.avi remote: fasttimesatridgemont.avi 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 'fasttimesatridgemont.avi' (682295296 bytes). 100% |*************************************************************************** *******************************| 650 MB 00:00 ETA 226 Transfer complete. 682295296 bytes received in 125.96 seconds (5.17 MB/s) So... 682295296 bytes received in 126.71 seconds (5.14 MB/s) << this was both nics set to auto 682295296 bytes received in 125.96 seconds (5.17 MB/s) << this was after manual change of server nic ?????? After two years as a Adm on a broadband network I leaned not to trust any vendor docs without testing first. Sorry again, But I am glad Peter's initial issue was solved . Right or wrong I see no diff here except manual was a fraction faster. If I am wrong and I am quite frequently or I have miss understood this auto issue sorry for the spam... -dw ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter/Los Angeles, CA" <peter@haloflightleader.net> To: "John Hanley" <jh_@yahoo.com>; "Keith J" <kjohnso8@columbus.rr.com> Cc: "Tom" <tom@uniserve.com>; <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>; <freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 6:27 PM Subject: Re: 4.5 PRERELEASE - Call for testing > No!!! We must continue the revolution!!! Welcome to the revolution!!! > AAAAHHH!!! Auto-neg/Auto-sense should be the only subject in this list for > the next 10 years until we resolve this issue. > > Continue the fight laddies!!! Arrgggh!!! Fight for your right to > auto-negotiate. > > > Peter > > PS > Was just kidding. I started this thread, but it was just about a Samba > problem that didn't even have anything to do with layer 2 devices. Anyway, > like I've posted before, the problem was solved, and the culprits were on > the application layer, not the data link. No animals were harmed in the > creation of this email. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Hanley" <jh_@yahoo.com> > To: "Keith J" <kjohnso8@columbus.rr.com> > Cc: "Tom" <tom@uniserve.com>; <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>; <freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 4:22 PM > Subject: Re: 4.5 PRERELEASE - Call for testing > > > > --- Keith J <kjohnso8@columbus.rr.com> wrote: > > > Well gee Tom.... if one end doesn't respond to negotiation... are you > > > saying the smart end will force a speed or duplex that can't possibly > > > work? Lets say I have an old 10Mbs ONLY card... are you declaring > > > that it gets toasted by auto-negotiate every single time? > > > > OK, this is boring. Debating opinions is occasionally useful, > > but facts are facts and flamage won't change them. Please let > > Cisco have the last word on this topic: > > > > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/46.html > > > > Per the IEEE 802.3u specification, it not possible to manually > > configure one link partner for 100 Mbps full-duplex and still > > autonegotiate to full-duplex with the other link partner. > > Attempting to configure one link partner for 100 Mbps full-duplex > > and the other link partner for auto-negotiation will result in a > > duplex mismatch. This is a result of one link partner auto-negotiating > > and not seeing any auto-negotiation parameters from the other link > > partner and defaulting to half-duplex. > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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