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Date:      09 Apr 2003 16:39:03 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        Vincent Zee <basics@zenzee.cistron.nl>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Strange network behaviour
Message-ID:  <44of3fv21k.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030407233411204005.GyazMail.basics@zenzee.cistron.nl>
References:  <20030407233411204005.GyazMail.basics@zenzee.cistron.nl>

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Vincent Zee <basics@zenzee.cistron.nl> writes:

> I am really at a loss at the moment.
> 
> I have a 100baseT network at home and all connected machines have 100Mb 
> network cards.
> When I upload mp3 files from my ibook to the FreeBSD server the speed 
> drops to 100kb/s.
> 
> This only happens between these two particular machines. These same 
> machines connected to other machines give the expected transmission 
> speeds. I checked cables, switches and router but found nothing 
> unexpected.
> 
> Any hints, ideas or even solutions are most welcome.
> 
> The FreeBSD machine is running 4.7 and the ibook 10.2.4

This sounds a lot like a duplex mismatch. 
Check the collision count.



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