Re: Problem with fxp0 card and slowing/dying transmits

2001-01-10 Thread Mike Tancsa
On 5 Jan 2001 03:49:25 -0500, in sentex.lists.freebsd.net you wrote: > Yup Set to 100/TX via ifconfig - > >Ifconfig -a shows: >fxp0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 >media: 100baseTX status: active >supported media: autoselect 100baseTX 100baseTX >10baseT/UTP 10baseT/UTP > > The switch is

Re: Problem with fxp0 card and slowing/dying transmits -SOLVED!

2001-01-08 Thread Nicole
First off, let me say thank You!! to everyone who helped. It seems that problem was a duplex problem, but not from the switch to the server but from the switch, to the switch at AboveNet. Our switch, which I had rebooted several times, was set auto neg for the uplink to their switch and was s

Re: Problem with fxp0 card and slowing/dying transmits - now I'mreally confused

2001-01-08 Thread Chris Dillon
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, David Greenman wrote: >I don't know about the affects of 2 pair vs 4 pair, but one > cable related thing I do know will have an affect is stranded vs > solid core wire. I've always had problems using solid core wire > for any significant length (more than 6 feet) with the

Re: Problem with fxp0 card and slowing/dying transmits - now I'm really confused

2001-01-08 Thread David Greenman
> Now I am really confused. > After more testing I have found that sending a file via scp or cat'ing through >sendmail works like a champ if I go to a machine outside of the network. But >seems to be a problem for the same machine when trying to go to a server >connected to the same switch. > OK..

Re: Problem with fxp0 card and slowing/dying transmits - now I'm really confused

2001-01-08 Thread Jason Smethers
From: "Nicole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Also one other weird question. What is the real difference between a cable > with 2 pairs and a cable with 4 pairs were 10/100 ethernet is concerned. On > another server that was using a SMC/DEC card I found it would go nuts when it > had a 2 pair cable, but w

Re: Problem with fxp0 card and slowing/dying transmits - now I'm really confused

2001-01-08 Thread Nicole
On 05-Jan-01 David Greenman wrote: >> Ahha.. Well.. Nice new word for the day "wonky" I like that :) >> >> Yea.. as I change things on the server, I can see the switch respond to my >>settings when it it is autoconfig mode. (worried abt that too :> ) >> >> So then it *Could* be the motherboard..

Re: Problem with fxp0 card and slowing/dying transmits - still :

2001-01-05 Thread John Prince
Jan 5 16:59:00 2001 > Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 15:04:17 -0800 (PST) > From: Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: David Greenman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Problem with fxp0 card and slowing/dying transmits - still : > Cc: Tom Samplonius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,

Re: Problem with fxp0 card and slowing/dying transmits - still :

2001-01-05 Thread John Prince
Hello.. Not seeing the entire thread, I am curious.. Do you have the same problem with ftp?? Or is it scp that the problem shows up with?? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message

Re: Problem with fxp0 card and slowing/dying transmits - still :

2001-01-05 Thread David Greenman
> Ahha.. Well.. Nice new word for the day "wonky" I like that :) > > Yea.. as I change things on the server, I can see the switch respond to my >settings when it it is autoconfig mode. (worried abt that too :> ) > > So then it *Could* be the motherboard.. I mean whats left, right? It's very u

Re: Problem with fxp0 card and slowing/dying transmits - still :

2001-01-05 Thread Nicole
On 05-Jan-01 David Greenman wrote: >> *SIGH* >> Yup.. Well I tried setting the switch manually to: 100Mbps/Half/Enabled >>(BackPressure) (It won't let me select no Flow control) ifconfiging to >> 100BT/X it says media: 100baseTX status: active >> >>Same problem. Yes the switch is a Intel 460T

Re: Problem with fxp0 card and slowing/dying transmits - still :(

2001-01-05 Thread David Greenman
> *SIGH* > Yup.. Well I tried setting the switch manually to: 100Mbps/Half/Enabled >(BackPressure) (It won't let me select no Flow control) ifconfiging to > 100BT/X it says media: 100baseTX status: active > >Same problem. Yes the switch is a Intel 460T. However the other servers are on >the sa

Re: Problem with fxp0 card and slowing/dying transmits - still :(

2001-01-05 Thread Nicole
On 05-Jan-01 ppX wrote: > ifconfig fxp0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex > is the correct way to set 100mbps fdx > > i've had similar problems and they where related to > full-duplex/half-duplex settings... > *SIGH* Yup.. Well I tried setting the switch manually to: 100Mbps/Half/Enabled

Re: Problem with fxp0 card and slowing/dying transmits

2001-01-05 Thread ppX
ifconfig fxp0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex is the correct way to set 100mbps fdx i've had similar problems and they where related to full-duplex/half-duplex settings... On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Nicole wrote: > > On 05-Jan-01 Tom Samplonius wrote: > > > > On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Nicole wrote:

Re: Problem with fxp0 card and slowing/dying transmits

2001-01-05 Thread Nicole
On 05-Jan-01 Tom Samplonius wrote: > > On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Nicole wrote: > > ... >> The problem is that when trying to scp a file or send a large file to it >> via >> sendmail, (large = 253952 ) it seems to transmit along >> happily, then (at least for scp) at abt 1/2 way through, it seems to

Re: Problem with fxp0 card and slowing/dying transmits

2001-01-04 Thread Tom Samplonius
On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Nicole wrote: ... > The problem is that when trying to scp a file or send a large file to it via > sendmail, (large = 253952 ) it seems to transmit along > happily, then (at least for scp) at abt 1/2 way through, it seems to just start > crawling. When I have let it run, it

Problem with fxp0 card and slowing/dying transmits

2001-01-04 Thread Nicole
Hello all My poor hair is abt to come out as I keep pulling on it trying to solve what is, to me, a Very Very weird problem. I have a server, running FreeBSD-3.5-STABLE as of 1/2/2000. It is a dual 400Mhz processor system with (I think) an Intel Motherboard (could also be a tyan) that has bu