Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:27:57 -0500 (EST) From: David Wagner <dawagner@vt.edu> To: =?iso-8859-1?q?Jo=E3o=20Fernandes?= <OpsyDopsy@netcabo.pt> Cc: <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Network stops working Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0101261424270.33219-100000@cj409896-a.reston1.va.home.com> In-Reply-To: <01012616015800.01690@OpsyDopsy.net.dhis.org>
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On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Jo=E3o Fernandes wrote: > I have a realtek 8139 and a cable modem. I use DHCP to connect to the net= work > and my /etc/dhclient.conf has nothing on it. > > My problems are: > =09The speed of my connections are way slower in FreeBSD than are > in windows; To the extent of downloading at 2 kps when in windows I > would download the same file from the same site at 70kps. Well, I have a theory, because I had somewhat similar behavior. Some cable modem + nic combinations have trouble autdetecting the line speed. Try forcing your connection to 10BaseT half duplex (which is almost guaranteed to be what the cable modem supports). Example: % ifconfig rl0 media 10baseT/UTP This managed to triple my connection speed in most cases... ______________________________________________________________________ David Wagner dawagner@vt.edu Reston, Virginia ICQ: 9963339 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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