From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Feb 10 18:33:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA05997 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 18:33:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.213.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA05982 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 18:33:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom@sdf.com) Received: from tom by misery.sdf.com with smtp (Exim 1.73 #1) id 0y2RiZ-0005rP-00; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 18:16:07 -0800 Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 18:15:50 -0800 (PST) From: Tom To: billc@li.net cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3Com 3C905 Etherlink XL In-Reply-To: <9802110214.AA12809@mbsmm.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, Bill Clark wrote: > I hope Im on the right list for this question. > I'm hoping someone has some knowledge in the following area. > > We are running 2.2.5 on a Compaq Proliant 1500 (Pentium 100) and I am > attempting to use a 3Com Etherlink XL 10/100MB Card (PCI) using the > vx device driver. > > We are currently expierencing problems of slow (extremly) performance > along with a lot of Ierrs (under netstat -i) when doing NFS > operations. > > Does anybody know the status of this driver in terms of know > problems, if any. > > We are plugged into a Cabletron MMAC plus and there are no errors on > the line or at the switch. Any operations using the NFS volumes do > complete, but it takes extremely long. > > Any comments would be appreciated > Bill Clark See "man vx" I don't think the vx driver supports full-duplex. Make sure the switch is set for half-duplex. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe hardware" in the body of the message