Hi, I would suggest using the media switch with ifconfig - more than likely you have a card thinking half duplex and a switch full duplex.. The command is
ifconfig rl1 media 10baseT/UTP rl1 being the card and select either 10/100mb. This will force the card into a mode. Kind Regards Doron Shmaryahu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stacey Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gerard Samuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 5:50 PM Subject: Re: Network timeouts??? > On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 15:32, Gerard Samuel wrote: > > Im not really sure when the problem began, but I believe it was after > > upgrading to 4.7-RELEASE-p2. > > 2 of the boxes running 4.7-RELEASE-p2 which are also running with Intel > > Pro 10/100B/100+ Ethernet cards, > > are getting numerous timeouts in the logs. > > > > fxp0: device timeout > > > > When connecting to these boxes, the connections are sluggish, to the > > point where I can type faster, that the command line can display. > > All boxes are connected on a 100Mb network via an SMC EZ-Switch SMC > > 6308TX switch. > > The only thing that has changed in months, is software versions. > > The problem seems sporadic. Can't seem to find out how or what is > > causing the problem. > > > > Is/was there a problem with the fxp drivers, or can someone direct me as > > to how one goes about to debug this problem. > > > > Thanks for any info you may provide... > > Hi Gerard, > If you connect to the box via ssh, then you might want to try using > the "-v" switch to ssh so as to get a more verbose output when > connecting. > > It should display evidence as to where in the connection any delays are > occurring as far as your sluggish connectivity is concerned. > > Do the cards themselves produce any information for you? Post some stats > from the nics as returned from:- > > netstat -in > netstat -s > netstat -m > > At the least, you could try "bouncing" (ifconfig down / ifconfig up) the > interfaces if the situation degrades dramatically. > > Hope this helps. > > Stacey > > -- > Stacey Roberts > B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science > > Web: www.vickiandstacey.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
