Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 09:19:37 -0600 (MDT) From: Peter <peterk@americanisp.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Follow-up:--TX underrun, increasing TX threshold -- is dc0 driver broken?? Linksys broken?? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0105180917430.10567-100000@sh01>
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Ok -- I get the TX underrun error about 4 times, then it goes to the 'Using store and forward method'. Now to transfer a 30MB .wav file in windows on the same machines take about 20-25 seconds, [done via netbios -- windows sharing, not via ftp server] on FreeBSD [same machines, just about same kernel config running 4.3-Stable] it takes anywhere from 70 to 200 seconds [I've hit 359 one time]. -- [Done via ftp/ftpd]. On FreeBSD I get lots of collisions, about 75% of the time that my transfer light lights up, my collision light goes up on the hub. In win95 it does not. I've tried doing this same transfer in Full-Duplex and just 100baseTX mode, in full-duplex [which i was told not to use since i'm running a hub] - I've maxed out at 512 Kbytes/sec, I was lucky, otherwise the transfers are usually in the 100's or lower and I get lots of collisions. I can't even play MP3's live from one PC to another via NFS as it skips [yet again in Windows it does not via Netbios]. Cards are Linksys LNE100TX [v 4.x] with a Linksys HUB [came with the FENSK05 home networking kit]. My assumption on all this is that in Windows [running Netbios/Netbuie/IPX/SPX/TCP/IP] I can play mp3's from one on another live via windows shares, in FreeBSD I can't play via Samba on win95 box, nor can I play via NFS on both boxes it just skips, and I get lots of collision on the hub. Most test are done trying to play mp3's across the network. I will know my network/NICS/hubs is working when I can accomplish that :). Has anyone had bad experiences with Linksys cards ? Should I buy 3com? Should I buy Intel? If they work fine in Windows -- is the driver broken [anyone else using these cards fine?] Can it be some other configuration? Like the MTU rate? [1500] Does anyone know of a testing utility I can use to see what the problem is? Is there another driver I should use? Should I send this to -net? Should I send this to -hackers? ifconfig shows them running fine with 100baseTX mode [and full-duplex if i force it] There are only two machines on this hub, both dual boot win95 and freebsd 4.3, both are 233 MMX, one with 48 MB RAM and the other with 32MB RAM. --Fortune-- "My weight is perfect for my height -- which varies" --- www.nul.cjb.net --- The Power to Crash! --- www.FreeBSD.org --- The Power to Serve! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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