Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 22:59:54 +0100 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> Cc: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Question: Why ain't I getting gigabit speed? Message-ID: <D192A655-2BBD-475E-B12B-F89D6A8E8B09@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <29539.1360356512@tristatelogic.com> References: <29539.1360356512@tristatelogic.com>
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On 8 Feb 2013, at 21:48, "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> wrote=
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> In message <F03C262C-E798-4062-8B17-59F045ADB82D@jnielsen.net>,=20
> John Nielsen <john@jnielsen.net> wrote:
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>> On Feb 7, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg@tristatelogic.com> =3D=
>> wrote:
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>>> I just aquired a brand new chepie gigabit PCI ethernet card off eBay.
>>> The main chip on it appears to be an RTL8110S-32.
>>> ...
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>> I would suspect the switch ("router"). FYI:
>> http://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?f=3D3D11&t=3D3D47421#p213242
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>> I have an re interface on my FreeBSD router and it connects at 1000baseT =3D=
>> no problem.
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> Could you please send or post the relevant ifconfig printout for that,
> and also the applicable/relevant dmesg lines?
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> This problem is very perplexing, but I don't think that the problem
> is with my Linksys E2000.
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> I did some more experiments. Fortunately, I had a CAT6 crossover cable
> lying around. So I used that and connected my machine with the RTL8110S-3=
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> in it directly to two other machines with gigabit interfaces. One was
> my other server. The other was a laptop I have here. The results were
> very strange.
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> In the case of connecting to the laptop, all seemed to work correctly,
> however ifconfig showed that my re0 device in this case believed itself
> to be "master". (I suspect that this may make a difference, and that
> the current FreeBSD re driver may perhaps behave better when it is
> acting as master.)
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?????
Come again ?
Master what ?
You never mentioned using lagg.
> In the case of connecting (via CAT6 crossover) direct to my other server,
> things got even more strange. In this case, after making the connection,
> autonegotiation apparently worked correctly, and I could see "1000baseT"
> in the output from "ifconfig re0", *however* a moment or two later,
> suddenly the connection was entirely dropped, and now the ifconfig
> output said "no carrier". I reproduced this sequence multiple times.
> It is readily reproducable. (The other server is running FreeBSD 8.3-
> RELEASE with an on-motherboard Nvidia gigabit ethernet interface, BTW.)
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> I am inclined to wonder if perhaps the re driver has some rough edges
> still.
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> Regards,
> rfg
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> P.S. Since this card is really not working out for me, has anybody got
> a suggestion and/or link they could send me for an _inexpensive_ gigabit
> PCI nic that works reliably with FreeBSD? (I am hoping for something unde=
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> $12=20
Come on you've got to be kidding here...
Get an intel or a Broadcom, cough up a bit more than duh... $12, and you'll b=
e happy with that card.
FYI I'm getting 1000baseT from built-in NICs.=
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