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Date:      Thu, 19 Feb 1998 11:45:02 -0500
From:      Norman C Rice <nrice@emu.sourcee.com>
To:        Mark Turrin <mlt@linkzone.com>
Cc:        Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: EtherExpress PRO/100 problem?
Message-ID:  <19980219114502.31600@emu.sourcee.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980219082455.28914S-100000@argon.linkzone.com>; from Mark Turrin on Thu, Feb 19, 1998 at 08:27:28AM -0800
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.980219024548.5699B-100000@luke.cpl.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980219082455.28914S-100000@argon.linkzone.com>

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On Thu, Feb 19, 1998 at 08:27:28AM -0800, Mark Turrin wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Shawn Ramsey wrote:
> 
> > Since upgrading our FreeBSD servers to Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B cards,
> > we have been experiencing minor pauses, for a second or more on telnet
> > sessions. Is there anything I can do to maybe correct this, such as
> > forcing a certain mode(half duplex, 10mb) ?? 
> > 
> > ifconfig fxp0 shows the following :
> > 
> > fxp0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> >         inet 209.150.92.68 netmask 0xffffffc0 broadcast 209.150.92.127
> >         ether 00:a0:c9:95:0f:32
> >         media: autoselect
> 
> Your netmask setting looks suspicious.  Are you on a subnet?

Looks fine to me assuming that Shawn's using 1/4 of a class C as his subnet
(.64 network, .127 broadcast, and everything in between is fair game).
-- 
Regards,
Norman C. Rice, Jr.

> 
> 
> 
> 
> ___________________________________________________________________
> Mark L. Turrin 			        	   mlt@linkzone.com
> ---
> Here is a simple experiment that will teach you an important electrical
> lesson: On a cool, dry day, scuff your feet along a carpet, then reach
> your hand into a friend's mouth and touch one of his dental fillings.
> Did you notice how your friend twitched violently and cried out in
> pain?  This teaches us that electricity can be a very powerful force,
> but we must never use it to hurt others unless we need to learn an
> important electrical lesson.
> 			-- Dave Barry, "What is Electricity?"
> 
> 
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