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Date:      Wed, 28 Nov 2001 18:57:44 -0700 (MST)
From:      Gary Southerly <gsouther@cx933506-c.chnd1.az.home.com>
To:        Grzegorz Czaplinski <gregory@prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Intel Ethernet card.
Message-ID:  <200111290157.fAT1vjJ83766@cx933506-c.chnd1.az.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011128231202.A17296@prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl>

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If you get no packet loss to your ISP, but 50-60% loss to sites
on the other side of your ISP, I would guess that it is either
your ISP or something in between your ISP and the sites you're
trying to get to. Have you tried doing any traceroutes? Together
pings and traceroutes can provide a lot more info, such as where
the packet loss is occuring and possibly why. Also, how are you
connected to your ISP, dsl?  

As for the configuring fxp0 in rc.conf, I appologise, I should have
recommended adding another line like this:

ifconfig_fxp0="media 10baseT/utp"

I have verified that this works on my machines, I placed it immediately
after the first ifconfig_fxp0 line. 

No problem, I enjoy it,

Gary

> On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 01:58:24PM -0700, Gary Southerly wrote:
> > You can use "/sbin/ifconfig" to change the settings. IE: 
> > ifconfig fxp0 media 10baseT/utp 
> >
> I have just gave it a try. Setting manualy works like a charm. ;>
> 
> > This would set it to 10Mb. I believe you could set it in the
> > /etc/rc.conf file by adding "media 10baseT/UTP" in the line 
> > "ifconfig_fxp0=" to set it at boot time.
> > for example:
> > ifconfig_fxp0="inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 media 10baseT/UTP"
> 
> This does not work. Dos not bring the interface up.
> The reason I am asking the question is because I have an old
> 3Com 509B ISA card. This card is 10baseT. Recently I got a new
> Intel card. I recompiled my kernel with those options:
> device          miibus          # MII bus support
> device          fxp             # Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558)
> After reboot the system brings the interface up, but it is slow.
> When I ping the nearest (my ISP) gateway I get 0% packet loss,
> but something behind brings me 50%-60% packet loss.
> The card by default is 100baseT so I thought that could be the problem
> and decided to change it to 10baseT.
> I haven't noticed any such problem  with my old 3Com card.
> Any Ideas? Do they do anything on the gateway that slows my connection?
> Best regards and thanks for the help,
> 	gregory
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