Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 10:28:18 -0600 (CST) From: <bsd-stable@boneyard.lawrence.ks.us> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: having problems with realtek under 4.0? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003311018400.5284-100000@madeline.boneyard.lawrence.ks.us>
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after upgrading my test machine from 3.4 to 4.0 a few days ago, i noticed
that my Ovus NIC (realtek 8139) was having some serious problems passing
data.
the difference wasn't between 1.5 and 1.2M/sec... more along the lines of
1-2K a second with stalls, etc... remarkably enough, there were no kernel
or driver messages during these tests.
it appears that the rl driver under 4.0 is having problems with auto-
negotiatiion. i decided to try hard setting the media type before
running out to get another intel card. lo-and-behold... it works
again.
please note, this problem appeared on a 10Base network. I haven't test-
ed whether or not the same problem occurs autodetecting in an 100Base
environment yet.
Regards,
Stephen
"We have enough youth. How about a fountain of SMART?"
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Stephen D. Spencer - Lawrence, KS
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