From owner-freebsd-current Wed Dec 4 19:33:37 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 220B537B401 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 19:33:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from wabakimi.chat.carleton.ca (wabakimi.chat.carleton.ca [134.117.1.98]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 350DB43E4A for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 19:33:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from creyenga@connectmail.carleton.ca) Received: from fireball (resnet-89-057.cavern.carleton.ca [134.117.89.57]) by wabakimi.chat.carleton.ca (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id gB53XJe05636; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 22:33:20 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <003001c29c0f$1a9e0000$0200000a@sewer.org> From: "Craig Reyenga" To: "Brad Knowles" Cc: "Terry Lambert" , "Christopher J Olson" , , References: <51189.1038911493@wcom.com> Subject: Re: Any ideas at all about network problem? Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 22:33:39 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Unfortunately, I have no extra hardware available to me, so I can't experiment with switches and whatnot. Also, wouldn't some sort of software experimentation be more appropriate, considering that my existing setup works _perfetcly_ in 4.7? I'm not sure what to do; should I be trying various versions of if_rl.c? Or is there something else that I should be trying? -Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Knowles" To: Cc: "Brad Knowles" ; "Craig Reyenga" ; "Terry Lambert" ; ; "Christopher J Olson" Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 19:32 Subject: Re: Any ideas at all about network problem? > At 12:31 PM +0200 2002/12/03, ianf@za.uu.net wrote: > > > The two machines involved are connected by a crossover cable: > > I've heard of lots of problems with machines using cross-over > cables. Can you connect the machines through a switch, and ensure > that they are hard-wired to 100Base-TX full duplex at both ends, as > opposed to auto-negotiating? > > > I'll try a different cable this evening when I get home. Is there > > a minimum length? The cable is currently 2m long. I'm prepared > > to do any other debugging people here can suggest to make it work > > faster. FWIW my single CPU workstaion at the office running > > 4.7-STABLE with an fxp0 NIC does not suffer the same throughput > > reduction. > > I've also heard of lots of problems with some machines when the > cable is too short, at least in certain combinations. Try > successively longer lengths of cable, at least up to 20-30m. > > -- > Brad Knowles, > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." > -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. > > GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E W+++(--) N+ !w--- > O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) > tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message