Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 11:59:28 -0700 From: "Aram Compeau" <aram@tibco.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VIA EPIA mobo ethernet connection time out weirdness Message-ID: <3D122610.1030401@tibco.com> References: <3D10FEE5.6000403@tibco.com>
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Hi again, answered my own question, e-mailing for the archives. If you turn on IPv6 during the install to mess around with it, and then use /stand/sysinstall to turn it off, you'd better double-check your rc.conf file to confirm sysinstall *really* removed it. With IPv6 set to "NO", the problem disappeared. Cheers, Aram Aram Compeau wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone else had any trouble with the ethernet on the VIA EPIA > motherboards? I considered cross-posting to freebsd-hardware, but I > currently suspect the problem is not the hardware. Anyway, here's what > I'm seeing: > > Brief synopsis: > Running apache2, boa, ftpd, or even nc (netcat), I cannot seem to > complete large-ish transfers to client machines (various Win32). The > connection times out partway through the transfer. With extremely > small files, it seems to go through ok. Downloading from other > machines seems ok. > > Details: > - running 4.6-RELEASE > - VIA EPIA motherboard with C3 800MHz and lots of integrated VIA > components (ethernet, etc.). > - Using the vr ethernet driver along with miibus (hardware is > VIA Rhine II, I think). > - 128MB RAM and a 20GB IBM travelstar notebook HD > - no other hardware (small silent machine :-) > - The LAN is over a UMAX UGATE-3200 switch/firewall > - Same problem with GENERIC or custom kernel (I can send the kernel > config file and dmesg output later - I do not have either one at work > currently). > - Using dhclient for DHCP against the UMAX (has a built in DHCP > server). > - I have tried two different "known good" ethernet cables, and I > don't think it's hardware > - Downloads run fine, so if I connect to other machines and pull > data down, there is no connection timeout problem. > - netstat doesn't reported any dropped packets or anything that > looks bizarre > - While trying to ftp a 120MB file from a Win32 client, netstat > printed its header line, and hanged. Otherwise, netstat hasn't shown > anything weird going on (at least to me) > - While running apache2 or boa on the BSD box, clients can get text > html docs with no discernal problem. Pulling down an image (~70-100k) > get about 1/2 to 3/4 through (albeit slowly) and then finally timeout. > - I tried to send a single image using nc as the "server", but had > the same problem. > - Going through localhost and viewing the web site through a local > browser is no problem. > - I've searched the mail lists for anything that looks similar, and > only came up with the IP Filter tcp connection limit issue (from 4.5) > that was addressed in 4.6. I'm not using IP Filter, though, so I don't > think that's it. > > I apologize for the lack of dmesg and kernel files, I will resend > tonight from home if anyone would like to see them. Please let me know > if anyone would like more information or has any suggestions on other > ways to determine the problem. > > Thanks, > > Aram > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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