Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 05:29:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> To: Daniel Gonzalez <spammesilly@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FXP driver.... Message-ID: <20050821122904.1880.qmail@web33315.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEEDFFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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Thats the sort of thing that happens when interrupts aren't working. Danial --- Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > what about a ping from the 845G to the labbox, > does that do > the same thing? > > Ted > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On > Behalf Of Daniel Gonzalez > >Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 11:12 AM > >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: FXP driver.... > > > > > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> I've build a new P4 box (1.8Ghz, 512MB mem) > based upon a ASUS P4B533VM > >> motherboard. This board has an Intel 845G > chipset and onboard 10/100 > >> mbit/s LAN (fxp driver). > >> > >> When connected directly to a gateway (in my > case an Extreme BD10k) I > >> observe the following behaviour: a ping to > the gateway starts around > >> 1ms and slowly increases in steps of .1 or > .2ms to around 10ms. Then > >> it suddenly drops back to 1ms and the > process starts all over again. > >> > >> I've tried a different NIC (3com, xl > driver), new cabling, new > >> switchport and all gives me the same result. > My other labbox (a AMD > >> 2000 XP+ with 3com PCI nic) connected to the > same router is showing > >> normal latency. This gives me the feeling > it's some sort of timing > >> issue on the P4's motherboard itself. > >> > >> Has anyone seen this before? I've searched > the archives and found > >> little on this topic. Any tips/hints where I > can seach for further > >> clues? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Arjan > >> > > > >I haven't used the fxp driver in a while but > you can check out > >the man page > >for the driver (man 4 fxp) and it mentions > that you can disable > >autoselect > >for media type and speed. I remember reading > in an article (I > >can't locate > >the URL) that the autonegotiation between the > NIC and > >switch/router can be a > >bottleneck. That would be the easiset thing to > check/eliminate. > >Hope that > >helps. > >-- > >Dan Gonzalez > >spammesilly@gmail.com > >IM: signulth > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: > 267.10.13/78 - Release Date: > >8/19/2005 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.13/78 > - Release Date: 8/19/2005 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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