Re: problems with gigabit speeds on dual network card - confirmed its a (kernel?) bug

2010-10-29 Thread Genes MailLists
On 09/19/2010 01:18 AM, Gilboa Davara wrote: > On Sat, 2010-09-18 at 21:08 -0400, Genes MailLists wrote: >> >> >> The machine has 3 intel nic's - >> >> lspci | egrep -i ethernet >> 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet >> Controller (rev 01) >> 05:04.0 Ethernet

Re: problems with gigabit speeds on dual network card

2010-09-19 Thread Genes MailLists
On 09/18/2010 09:44 PM, JD wrote: > > Are there any bios hooks in your mobo? dont think so ... > > Did you try all theports of the switch? Not yet no - excellent suggestion tho ... I have to proceed with care as the network is in production. I will definitely test this. > > > > How about g

Re: problems with gigabit speeds on dual network card

2010-09-19 Thread Genes MailLists
On 09/19/2010 03:34 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > A couple of users have reported problems with that specific model NIC > which were caused by bad capacitors in the switch. You might look at > replacing that or opening it up to see if you can spot any bad caps: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/

Re: problems with gigabit speeds on dual network card

2010-09-19 Thread Genes MailLists
On 09/19/2010 01:34 AM, David Timms wrote: > Does all your cables have 2 pairs of wires or 4 pairs of wires, and are > they properly pinned out ? The cat 5e's were punched by my networking electrician and checked with a (fairly expensive) network tester. The cat 6's were purchased (550 Mhz) pre

Re: problems with gigabit speeds on dual network card

2010-09-19 Thread Genes MailLists
On 09/19/2010 01:18 AM, Gilboa Davara wrote: > Unlikely. > We use Intel NIC's (both 1GbE and 10GbE) extensively (up to 16 linkes > per machine) for link monitoring without issues. Great to know thanks .. > > Try connecting the two links to each other. > Set their respective IP's to 1.1.1.1/

Re: problems with gigabit speeds on dual network card

2010-09-19 Thread Gordon Messmer
A couple of users have reported problems with that specific model NIC which were caused by bad capacitors in the switch. You might look at replacing that or opening it up to see if you can spot any bad caps: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/309211 -- users mailing list users

Re: problems with gigabit speeds on dual network card

2010-09-18 Thread David Timms
On 19/09/10 15:18, Gilboa Davara wrote: > If they don't, you have a wire issue. (Is it CAT 5 or above?) Does all your cables have 2 pairs of wires or 4 pairs of wires, and are they properly pinned out ? Even in purchased cables, I have seen such faults (especially cheap/no name) cables, where the

Re: problems with gigabit speeds on dual network card

2010-09-18 Thread Gilboa Davara
On Sat, 2010-09-18 at 21:08 -0400, Genes MailLists wrote: > > Anyone got any suggestions for this. > > I have a linksys sr2024 Gb switch > > Several things are plugged into this - all using cat 5e or cat 6 cables. > > > Some things are connecting with full Gb speed but the main firewall wo

Re: problems with gigabit speeds on dual network card

2010-09-18 Thread Genes MailLists
On 09/18/2010 09:20 PM, JD wrote: > > Did you try > ethtool-s ethX speed 1000 > Yes I did several times - it didn't take ... it sets at 100 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listi

Re: problems with gigabit speeds on dual network card

2010-09-18 Thread JD
On 09/18/2010 06:08 PM, Genes MailLists wrote: > > Anyone got any suggestions for this. > > I have a linksys sr2024 Gb switch > > Several things are plugged into this - all using cat 5e or cat 6 cables. > > > Some things are connecting with full Gb speed but the main firewall wont. > >

problems with gigabit speeds on dual network card

2010-09-18 Thread Genes MailLists
Anyone got any suggestions for this. I have a linksys sr2024 Gb switch Several things are plugged into this - all using cat 5e or cat 6 cables. Some things are connecting with full Gb speed but the main firewall wont. The machine has 3 intel nic's - lspci | egrep -i ethernet 04:00.0