Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 07:23:06 -0600 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com>, "Chris Fedde" <chris@fedde.littleton.co.us> Cc: "FBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Is this ping normal? Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020117072306.017908f8@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOOEMKCMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> References: <200201170338.g0H3ch887528@fedde.littleton.co.us>
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Joe: "New" has nothing to do with a products ability/performance as many of us have found out by now. I think the earlier post was the right idea. You should set the NICs to make them both operate at the same modes.... At 10:51 PM 1.16.2002 -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: >These Nic cards are brand new. >The box and the manuals say they are 100baseT Nics. > >-----Original Message----- >From: cfedde@fedde.littleton.co.us [mailto:cfedde@fedde.littleton.co.us]On >Behalf Of Chris Fedde >Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 10:39 PM >To: Joe & Fhe Barbish >Cc: FBSD Questions >Subject: Re: Is this ping normal? > >On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 22:07:52 -0500 "Joe & Fhe Barbish" wrote: > +------------------ > | Using a FBSD 4.4 box with a generic install where > | the only thing customized is the Nic card as full > | duplex and Ip assigned using ifconfig, > | connected with a crossover cable to a Winbox with > | it's Nic card configured full duplex with IP > | address and other associated items hard coded in > | the windows networking configuration. > | > | No matter which way I ping, FBSD to Win or Win > | to FBSD I get 2 to 4 timed out packets out of 10, > | or 8 to 15 out of 100. There is nothing else going > | on in these machines except that ping. > | This just does not seem right. I have pinged IP > | addresses of places in Honk Kong and get no timed > | out packets so what is the problem with 10 feet of > | cable between my server and the Winbox? > +------------------ > >You may also be having a problem with the full duplex config. Cards >at both ends of the cable and any hub/switch in the middle must >agree that it is full duplex. Many older nics don't support >full duplex well even if they let you configure it. As a diagnostic >try the test from both ends and try all four combinations of duplex >settings. > >-- > Chris Fedde > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin =================================================== Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com "My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; ....situation excellent! ....I shall attack!" =================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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