Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 18:39:46 -0700 From: Caleb Walker <caleb.walker@home.com> To: kstewart@urx.com Cc: Dennis Jun <cappy@cr173116-a.etob1.on.wave.home.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3Com 905B & Windows 98 transfer rates Message-ID: <398F64E2.81EF209C@home.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008061034230.38015-100000@cr173116-a.etob1.on.wave.home.com> <398DB38A.90EB3398@urx.com>
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I have had similar problems with these 3Com cards. somtimes they do this. If you replace the card with another one the problem goes away. I dont think it is a fbsd thing but a 3com thing. Kent Stewart wrote: > Dennis Jun wrote: > > > > Hello! > > > > I've recently setup a lan at a friend's place consisting of 3 computers: 1 > > is FreeBSD (p 100) and 2 are Windows 98 SE (p 200 & p3 450). All of them > > have the 3Com 905B nics in them and he has a Netgear FS 105 switch > > 10/100. I tried transfering some files via ftp from each of the computers > > to each other. When i I transfered from FreeBSD to either of the Windows > > boxes (or the other way around), I only got about 1MBytes/sec, at > > best. When I transfered between the 2 Windows boxes, I got about > > 2MBytes/sec, at best. Now, I know i won't be able to hit 10MBytes/sec even > > though everything is 100Mb, however, those rates seem low. My Windows > > friends told me they get around 4-6MBytes/sec. Furthermore, on my own lan, > > when I transfer between my 2 FreeBSD boxes, I get about 4.5MBytes/sec > > (both with 3Com 905Bs and Netgear 10/100 switch). Furthermore, it is going > > at 100Mbit/sec and full duplex. I can see the lights and I checked with > > ifconfig -a and in control pane with Windows. What am I doing > > wrong? Anyone have any ideas? Much thanx in advance. > > Make sure they are all set at full-duplex and 100baseTX. I don't > remember where you check that on Win98se. The auto doesn't always cut > it with switches like Linksys and Netgear. You can't program the > switch to accept something and negotiating aways leave the chance that > it came up in the 10Mb/s setting. You should be able to see that from > the led's on the NIC's. I forced all of my systems to 100baseTX. The > setting on Win98 has to be from either the system applet in the > control panel or the network applet. It would be a resource property > for the 3C905b. FWIW, I get around 8MB/s out of 905b's and around > 11-12MB/s on Intel 100+'s. I have two of the Linksys 10/100 switch's. > > Kent > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com > http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html > FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > Bomber dropping fire retardant in front of Hanford Wild fire. > http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/bomber.jpg > > 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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