Unfortunately, I have no extra hardware available to me, so I can't experiment with switches and whatnot. Also, wouldn't some sort of software experimentation be more appropriate, considering that my existing setup works _perfetcly_ in 4.7? I'm not sure what to do; should I be trying various versions of if_rl.c? Or is there something else that I should be trying?
-Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Knowles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Brad Knowles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Craig Reyenga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Terry Lambert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Christopher J Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 19:32 Subject: Re: Any ideas at all about network problem? > At 12:31 PM +0200 2002/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The two machines involved are connected by a crossover cable: > > I've heard of lots of problems with machines using cross-over > cables. Can you connect the machines through a switch, and ensure > that they are hard-wired to 100Base-TX full duplex at both ends, as > opposed to auto-negotiating? > > > I'll try a different cable this evening when I get home. Is there > > a minimum length? The cable is currently 2m long. I'm prepared > > to do any other debugging people here can suggest to make it work > > faster. FWIW my single CPU workstaion at the office running > > 4.7-STABLE with an fxp0 NIC does not suffer the same throughput > > reduction. > > I've also heard of lots of problems with some machines when the > cable is too short, at least in certain combinations. Try > successively longer lengths of cable, at least up to 20-30m. > > -- > Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." > -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. > > GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E W+++(--) N+ !w--- > O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) > tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
