Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 15:00:05 -0700 From: "Aram Compeau" <aram@tibco.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: VIA EPIA mobo ethernet connection time out weirdness Message-ID: <3D10FEE5.6000403@tibco.com>
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Hi,
Anyone else had any trouble with the ethernet on the VIA EPIA
motherboards? I considered cross-posting to freebsd-hardware, but I
currently suspect the problem is not the hardware. Anyway, here's what
I'm seeing:
Brief synopsis:
Running apache2, boa, ftpd, or even nc (netcat), I cannot seem to
complete large-ish transfers to client machines (various Win32). The
connection times out partway through the transfer. With extremely small
files, it seems to go through ok. Downloading from other machines seems ok.
Details:
- running 4.6-RELEASE
- VIA EPIA motherboard with C3 800MHz and lots of integrated VIA
components (ethernet, etc.).
- Using the vr ethernet driver along with miibus (hardware is
VIA Rhine II, I think).
- 128MB RAM and a 20GB IBM travelstar notebook HD
- no other hardware (small silent machine :-)
- The LAN is over a UMAX UGATE-3200 switch/firewall
- Same problem with GENERIC or custom kernel (I can send the kernel
config file and dmesg output later - I do not have either one at work
currently).
- Using dhclient for DHCP against the UMAX (has a built in DHCP
server).
- I have tried two different "known good" ethernet cables, and I
don't think it's hardware
- Downloads run fine, so if I connect to other machines and pull
data down, there is no connection timeout problem.
- netstat doesn't reported any dropped packets or anything that
looks bizarre
- While trying to ftp a 120MB file from a Win32 client, netstat
printed its header line, and hanged. Otherwise, netstat hasn't shown
anything weird going on (at least to me)
- While running apache2 or boa on the BSD box, clients can get text
html docs with no discernal problem. Pulling down an image (~70-100k)
get about 1/2 to 3/4 through (albeit slowly) and then finally timeout.
- I tried to send a single image using nc as the "server", but had
the same problem.
- Going through localhost and viewing the web site through a local
browser is no problem.
- I've searched the mail lists for anything that looks similar, and
only came up with the IP Filter tcp connection limit issue (from 4.5)
that was addressed in 4.6. I'm not using IP Filter, though, so I don't
think that's it.
I apologize for the lack of dmesg and kernel files, I will resend
tonight from home if anyone would like to see them. Please let me know
if anyone would like more information or has any suggestions on other
ways to determine the problem.
Thanks,
Aram
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