From owner-freebsd-current Sun Mar 28 9:38:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from speed.rcc.on.ca (radio163.mipps.net [205.189.197.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C456A14DE9 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 1999 09:38:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tr49986@rcc.on.ca) Received: from a35 (24.66.20.80.on.wave.home.com [24.66.20.80]) by speed.rcc.on.ca (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id NAA11574 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 1999 13:55:37 -0500 Message-ID: <000101be7941$1b2e3200$2300000a@a35.my.intranet> From: "RT" To: Subject: 3com Nic Problems Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 12:33:33 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Heres are the nic combinations I've tried in one machine: 3com 905 (at 100mbit) & 3com 905b (at 10mbit) 3com 905b (at 100mbit) & 3com 905 (at 10mbit) 3com 905 (at 100mbit) & realtek 8039 (at 10mbit) 3com 905b (at 100mbit) & realtek (at 10mbit) 3com 905b (at 100mbit) & ne2000 (at 10mbit) In each case the 3com operating at 100mbit failed to do so smoothly. In some cases I receive device time-outs, on bootup "xl0 command not completed", and in some cases no warning at all.. 100mbit will peak at 4MB/s, then all of a sudden stop, then go racing off, then stop... This doesn't happen if the 3com cards are operated by themselves. The realtek & ne2000 (while slow) perform without these problems. I believe the xl? drivers have a problem. My system is 4-current (updated weekly). I only starting using 2 nics in the machine last week. (When I got my cable modem). The problem occurs both with and without natd & ipfw. It also doesn't matter which of the 4 cards is receiving the data (as long as there is only one of them). Any more information needed? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message