Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 10:02:52 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: vince@venus.GAIANET.NET Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: poor ethernet performance? Message-ID: <65880.932284972@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 18 Jul 1999 09:58:12 %2B0200 (CEST)" References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907180954420.65377-100000@arnold.neland.dk>
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> > Ah, you have a point there. The problem is we have so many wires, > > we don't know which port goes to what on the Catalyst so we had it on > > autodetect and FreeBSD does boot up with fxp0 showing 100Mbps Full Duplex. > > > Cisco's can show you which mac-adresses are on which port. Probably > Catalyst's can too. > > Or have somebody pull the cable in and out of the pc, and watch for the > light go on and off on the switch :-) A combination of those two would probably be useful. Then make a note of the port configuration, and *keep it updated*. This is essential for a hassle-free switched Ethernet environment. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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