From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 9 23:24:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA18815 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 9 May 1996 23:24:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA18791 for ; Thu, 9 May 1996 23:24:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id QAA08029; Fri, 10 May 1996 16:00:00 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605100630.QAA08029@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: 3Com Slow Performance To: sns@viaduk.net (Sergey Stepanenko) Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 15:59:59 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Sergey Stepanenko" at May 8, 96 06:55:18 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Sergey Stepanenko stands accused of saying: > > > vx0 <3Com 3c595 Fast EtherLink III PCI> rev 0 int a irq 10 on pci0:4 > > > utp[*UTP*] address 00:a0:24:78:34:21 > > > Warning! Defective early revision adapter! > > > > This is an Unhappy Message. I'm not sure whether the problems it refers > > to have been dealt with, or whether this may be a problem. > > Well, it's SNAP 960501, latest current say nothing like this, instead it > says "failed to read eeprom" or something like that. Erk. Also sounds Very Bad. You might want to look at the source and see _why_ it's saying that. > all network is "hubbed" by 3Com FMS II 24 Port hub with management module. > from its statistics there's nothing wrong with cabling/framing or anything. > port for this nic looks just fine. Do you have Duplex enabled on the hub ports? My fogged brain tells me that the 'vx' driver doesn't do duplex, and if that were causing lost packets this would be a likely symptom. > Sergey Stepanenko - System/Network Administrator -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[