Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-20 Thread hw
On Sun, 2022-11-20 at 10:25 -0800, David Christensen wrote: > On 11/20/22 08:25, hw wrote: > > On Sun, 2022-11-20 at 12:45 +0100, hw wrote: > > > [...] > > I am unable to determine if Intel has fixed any device driver bugs for > the X540-AT2 adapter since FreeBSD-12.3-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img w

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-20 Thread David Christensen
On 11/20/22 08:25, hw wrote: On Sun, 2022-11-20 at 12:45 +0100, hw wrote: [...] I don't know, I'll try the Debian rescue and FreeBSD when the currently running backups are finished. I booted the Debian rescue and the LEDs on the network cards don't light up and the link remains down even when

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-20 Thread hw
On Sat, 2022-11-19 at 17:35 -0800, David Christensen wrote: > On 11/19/22 15:51, hw wrote: > > On Sat, 2022-11-19 at 13:35 -0800, David Christensen wrote: > > > On 11/19/22 06:50, hw wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2022-11-18 at 17:02 -0800, David Christensen wrote: > > > > > > > > ... I suggest trying a C

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-20 Thread hw
On Sun, 2022-11-20 at 12:45 +0100, hw wrote: > [...] > I don't know, I'll try the Debian rescue and FreeBSD when the currently > running > backups are finished. I booted the Debian rescue and the LEDs on the network cards don't light up and the link remains down even when I replug the cable. I re

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-20 Thread hw
On Sun, 2022-11-20 at 10:46 +0100, hede wrote: > On Sun, 20 Nov 2022 00:51:20 +0100 hw wrote: > > > Unfortunately it doesn't work anymore with Fedora either ...  I tried it > > with a > > live system if it would work and it didn't. > > The source of connection resets can be diverse. Is it a con

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-20 Thread hede
On Sun, 20 Nov 2022 00:51:20 +0100 hw wrote: > Unfortunately it doesn't work anymore with Fedora either ... I tried it with > a > live system if it would work and it didn't. The source of connection resets can be diverse. Sometimes dmesg will show useful info, sometimes not. It can be anythin

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-19 Thread David Christensen
On 11/19/22 15:51, hw wrote: On Sat, 2022-11-19 at 13:35 -0800, David Christensen wrote: On 11/19/22 06:50, hw wrote: On Fri, 2022-11-18 at 17:02 -0800, David Christensen wrote: ... I suggest trying a Category 6A factory patch cable at least 2 meters long. I tried it with a 10m cat6 cable

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-19 Thread hw
On Sat, 2022-11-19 at 13:35 -0800, David Christensen wrote: > On 11/19/22 06:50, hw wrote: > > On Fri, 2022-11-18 at 17:02 -0800, David Christensen wrote: > > > > ... I suggest trying a Category 6A factory patch cable at least 2 meters > > > long. > > > > I tried it with a 10m cat6 cable and the

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-19 Thread David Christensen
On 11/19/22 13:35, David Christensen wrote: The "Intel ® Ethernet Controller Products 27.7 Release Notes" indicate the "ix" driver is supported and tested on FreeBSD 13 and FreeBSD 12.3 ("Fedora" and "Debian" appear nowhere in that document): https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-19 Thread David Christensen
On 11/19/22 06:50, hw wrote: On Fri, 2022-11-18 at 17:02 -0800, David Christensen wrote: ... I suggest trying a Category 6A factory patch cable at least 2 meters long. I tried it with a 10m cat6 cable and the connection was intermittent. It's the same (as in "identical to") cable that works

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-19 Thread hw
On Fri, 2022-11-18 at 21:27 -0500, Porter Smith wrote: > Userslly it is considered best practice to use nics from a known comparable > vendor for example Intel dual port nics can be found on sites like Amazon or > neerhg for a reasonable amount of $. What do you think I'm using?

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-19 Thread hw
On Fri, 2022-11-18 at 17:02 -0800, David Christensen wrote: > On 11/18/22 05:23, hw wrote: > > On Tue, 2022-11-15 at 16:42 -0800, David Christensen wrote: > > > On 11/15/22 07:15, hw wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2022-11-15 at 12:38 +0100, hw wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 2022-11-14 at 13:21 +0100, hw wrote: >

networking is getting weirder (Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection)

2022-11-19 Thread hw
On Fri, 2022-11-18 at 16:00 +0100, hw wrote: > On Fri, 2022-11-18 at 09:35 -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 6:25 AM hw wrote: > > > > > > I have an X540-AT2 network card in my backup server and it worked when I > > > was > > > running Fedora on the server. > > > > > > I i

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-18 Thread David Christensen
On 11/18/22 06:35, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 6:25 AM hw wrote: I have an X540-AT2 network card in my backup server and it worked when I was running Fedora on the server. I installed Debian on it and wanted to make backups with rsync, but the connection via this network car

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-18 Thread Porter Smith
Userslly it is considered best practice to use nics from a known comparable vendor for example Intel dual port nics can be found on sites like Amazon or neerhg for a reasonable amount of $. On November 18, 2022 8:02:43 PM EST, David Christensen wrote: >On 11/18/22 05:23, hw wrote: >> On Tue, 2

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-18 Thread David Christensen
On 11/18/22 05:23, hw wrote: On Tue, 2022-11-15 at 16:42 -0800, David Christensen wrote: On 11/15/22 07:15, hw wrote: On Tue, 2022-11-15 at 12:38 +0100, hw wrote: On Mon, 2022-11-14 at 13:21 +0100, hw wrote: Any ideas?  Backups over an 1GB link are excruciatingly slow ... Update: I boote

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-18 Thread hw
On Fri, 2022-11-18 at 09:35 -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 6:25 AM hw wrote: > > > > I have an X540-AT2 network card in my backup server and it worked when I was > > running Fedora on the server. > > > > I installed Debian on it and wanted to make backups with rsync, but

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-18 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 6:25 AM hw wrote: > > I have an X540-AT2 network card in my backup server and it worked when I was > running Fedora on the server. > > I installed Debian on it and wanted to make backups with rsync, but the > connection via this network card is now intermittent where it use

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-18 Thread hw
On Tue, 2022-11-15 at 16:42 -0800, David Christensen wrote: > On 11/15/22 07:15, hw wrote: > > On Tue, 2022-11-15 at 12:38 +0100, hw wrote: > > > On Mon, 2022-11-14 at 13:21 +0100, hw wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2022-11-14 at 12:28 +0100, stefano gozzi wrote: > > > > > Please loot at this: > > > > > htt

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-15 Thread David Christensen
On 11/15/22 07:15, hw wrote: On Tue, 2022-11-15 at 12:38 +0100, hw wrote: On Mon, 2022-11-14 at 13:21 +0100, hw wrote: On Mon, 2022-11-14 at 12:28 +0100, stefano gozzi wrote: Please loot at this: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/intel-x540-t2-network-card-installed-b

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-15 Thread hw
On Tue, 2022-11-15 at 12:38 +0100, hw wrote: > On Mon, 2022-11-14 at 13:21 +0100, hw wrote: > > On Mon, 2022-11-14 at 12:28 +0100, stefano gozzi wrote: > > > Please loot at this: > > > https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/intel-x540-t2-network-card-installed-but-only-at-100mb

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-15 Thread hw
On Mon, 2022-11-14 at 13:21 +0100, hw wrote: > On Mon, 2022-11-14 at 12:28 +0100, stefano gozzi wrote: > > Please loot at this: > > https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/intel-x540-t2-network-card-installed-but-only-at-100mbit-cant-change-or-improve-4175686736/ > > > > It see

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-14 Thread hw
On Mon, 2022-11-14 at 12:28 +0100, stefano gozzi wrote: > Please loot at this: > https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/intel-x540-t2-network-card-installed-but-only-at-100mbit-cant-change-or-improve-4175686736/ > > It seems that you need a 8x pcie slot to work fine Thanks, t

Re: Intel X540-AT2 and Debian: intermittent connection

2022-11-14 Thread stefano gozzi
Please loot at this: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/intel-x540-t2-network-card-installed-but-only-at-100mbit-cant-change-or-improve-4175686736/ It seems that you need a 8x pcie slot to work fine On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 12:25 PM hw wrote: > > Hi, > > I have an X540-A