Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 19:04:56 -0500 (EST) From: Sean Lyndersay <lynders@hcs.harvard.edu> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Slow network performance on 3com 3c509 Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980330185755.24488B-100000@hcs.harvard.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980330150304.24859P-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Doug White wrote: > On Sun, 29 Mar 1998, Sean Lyndersay wrote: > > > I just installed FreeBSD 2.2.5 from the Walnut Creek CD set, with no major > > problems. However, when attempt to use any network functions (telnet, for > > instance), my performance is very very slow, comparable, or worse than a > > modem. I have a 3Com 3c509 ISA card which has worked fine in Windows 3.x, > > Windows 95, NT, OS/2 and Linux. I found a reference to poor performance in > > the newsgroup archives but it refered to "buggy" drivers in the 2.1.x > > distribution. Are the drivers still buggy, or is there something I can do > > (short of buying a new card, as suggested in some recent posts in the > > newsgroup). I don't appear to be getting buffer overruns or any similar > > thing. Thoughts would be appreciated. > > Check that your Ethernet card isn't using the resources of another device. > Slow Ethernet performance can sometimes be linked to sharing IRQs with > another device. All I have in there is an SB16, for which I didn't even have support compiled in. I'm probably going to pick up another card tonight and try it. Frankly I think this is a lot of trouble to go to, but I have no choice at this point. sean ________________________________________________________________________ Sean Lyndersay Logic is a systematic method for coming lynders@hcs.harvard.edu to the wrong conclusion with confidence. ________________________________________________________________________ [finger for all other info] http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~lynders To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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