Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 05:02:25 +0100 From: "Mark Hughes" <mark@dvdnews.co.uk> To: "Eric Rosenberry" <ericr@dsl-only.net>, "Ilya" <mail@krel.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: lan speed Message-ID: <03e001c0f22b$5a8735e0$0200a8c0@mark2> References: <GLEOKLAKEIBLAAKKFHEIMEANCFAA.ericr@dsl-only.net>
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Whooops! thanks for that.....I'll change mine now :-) weird. to set it to half duplex, am I right in thinking you need a -mediaopt full-duplex in place of mediaopt full-duplex in ifconfig_rl0 in rc.conf? thanks, mark > Umm, if he is using a hub setting the card to full-duplex will cause > horrible amounts of collisions. They should be half duplex. > > -Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mark Hughes > Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 7:00 PM > To: Ilya; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: lan speed > > > Hi. I have win2k box with 100mb card in it, and a Freebsd dual homed box > > with 100mb on local interface and 10mb on internet side. > > when transfering files from win2k to freebsd i get max 60kb/s throughput, > > and 3com 10/100 hub shows load of only 10%. > > what can be done to acchive a higher rate? thank you > > Make sure you set the media type rather than allowing auto-select (the > default). > > In your rc.conf on the freeBSD box, you need, in the ifconfig_xl0 line, > > media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex > > and in the properties for your network card on win2k you also should make > sure it's set to > 100mb and full duplex rather than auto detect. Although it IS connecting at > 100mb, the > auto detect routines use TONS of bandwidth to check which transport they > should be using, > cutting the rate right down. > > I did this with my 10Mbps cards, and the rate went from 150kbps to 7.5mbps. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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