Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 20:38:43 -0700 From: Chris Fedde <chris@fedde.littleton.co.us> To: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com> Cc: "FBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Is this ping normal? Message-ID: <200201170338.g0H3ch887528@fedde.littleton.co.us> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOKEMJCMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 22:07:52 -0500 "Joe & Fhe Barbish" wrote:
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| Using a FBSD 4.4 box with a generic install where
| the only thing customized is the Nic card as full
| duplex and Ip assigned using ifconfig,
| connected with a crossover cable to a Winbox with
| it's Nic card configured full duplex with IP
| address and other associated items hard coded in
| the windows networking configuration.
|
| No matter which way I ping, FBSD to Win or Win
| to FBSD I get 2 to 4 timed out packets out of 10,
| or 8 to 15 out of 100. There is nothing else going
| on in these machines except that ping.
| This just does not seem right. I have pinged IP
| addresses of places in Honk Kong and get no timed
| out packets so what is the problem with 10 feet of
| cable between my server and the Winbox?
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You may also be having a problem with the full duplex config. Cards
at both ends of the cable and any hub/switch in the middle must
agree that it is full duplex. Many older nics don't support
full duplex well even if they let you configure it. As a diagnostic
try the test from both ends and try all four combinations of duplex
settings.
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Chris Fedde
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