Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 05:33:33 +0100 From: "Mark Hughes" <mark@dvdnews.co.uk> To: "Mark Hughes" <mark@dvdnews.co.uk>, "Eric Rosenberry" <ericr@dsl-only.net>, "Ilya" <mail@krel.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: lan speed Message-ID: <03ed01c0f22f$ad4467e0$0200a8c0@mark2> References: <GLEOKLAKEIBLAAKKFHEIMEANCFAA.ericr@dsl-only.net> <03e001c0f22b$5a8735e0$0200a8c0@mark2>
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>> > > 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 > > Umm, if he is using a hub setting the card to full-duplex will cause > > horrible amounts of collisions. They should be half duplex. > 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? To answer my own question here, that is the correct alteration to rc.conf to alter the duplex settings, and ... ifconfig rl0 -mediaopt full-duplex (change rl0 for your adapter) ..at the shell will alter it without a reboot (which is proabbly obvious to everyone except me :+) ). Regards, Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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