Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 19:40:31 -0500 From: Coleman Kane <cokane@one.net> To: Roman Shterenzon <roman@ksl.co.il> Cc: Coleman Kane <cokane@one.net>, Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET>, "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net>, FreeBSD-STABLE <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: xl0 packet dropping, still Message-ID: <20000301194031.C21938@evil.2y.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003020133530.42971-100000@rs.ksl.co.il>; from roman@ksl.co.il on Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 06:30:47PM -0500 References: <20000219193247.D6824@evil.2y.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003020133530.42971-100000@rs.ksl.co.il>
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--2JFBq9zoW8cOFH7v Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Actually, to comment on my last post, I have heard that freebsd 4.0 fixes t= his 3com problem. --cokane Roman Shterenzon had the audacity to say: >=20 > Hello, > Hmm.. > I've this card (3Com 3c905-TX) on two machines, one p2 and one k6-2 > And it always worked fine. The average load that I put on them is minimal, > but there are some peaks sometimes, and it works well. > Reading the source points that commenting out #define XL_USEIOSPACE > will make it use mmaped io which may be faster. > On the other hand, the fxp0 is a fine card too. We use four of them on > some firewall. >=20 > On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Coleman Kane wrote: >=20 > > I wonder if it is a problem with the 3c900 cards only. I have a roommate > > with the 905 who doesn't haveany problems. Another one has the cheaper > > homeconnect 450 that also runs fine. It seems to only be the 3c900 cards > > that cause problems. I have switched my server back to some AMD-Lance > > PCNet-SCSI card that is it's onboard controller. I never eally had a > > problem with it, but I was under the impression that 3Com's stuff was > > cream-of-the-crop, guess not. I'll probably switch to Tuilp adapters > > from now on... > >=20 > > --cokane > >=20 > > Matt Heckaman had the audacity to say: > > > Hi, > > >=20 > > > I'm using 3c905b-TX NICs in 4 servers here, all intels ranging from a= beat > > > up p133 doing DNS, to a pII and a couple celerons doing various tasks. > > > These are interconnected via a Cisco 1548M, etc. I personally, have h= ad > > > nothing but good expierence with these cards, I find it strange that = this > > > many people are. > > >=20 > > > Personally, I've always held 3com cards in high regard. For example, = my > > > friend's company which runs a wide array of intel servers, netfinities > > > and whatnot, use strictly those 3com cards, I haven't heard of them h= aving > > > any problems either. > > >=20 > > > I /have/ however, seen an Intel Etherexpress Pro 10/100 give a machine > > > that I work with (FreeBSD) numerous problems upon problems for a whil= e, > > > it's interesting how both sides of the fence have the opposite proble= ms. > > >=20 > > > Matt > > > -- > > > Matt Heckaman [matt@arpa.mail.net|matt@relic.net] [Please do not send= me] > > > !Powered by FreeBSD/x86! [http://www.freebsd.org] [any SPAM (UCE) e-m= ail] > > >=20 > > > On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote: > > >=20 > > > : Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 23:32:32 -0500 > > > : From: Jeffrey J. Mountin <jeff-ml@mountin.net> > > > : To: Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net> > > > : Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > > : Subject: Re: xl0 packet dropping, still > > > :=20 > > > : At 10:47 PM 2/17/00 -0500, Omachonu Ogali wrote: > > > : >I've gotten reports of the 3Com NIC's dropping packets in all OS's= using > > > : >an Intel CPU, it's more or less a sporadic problem I say... > > > :=20 > > > : The 3Com's have higher collision rates (tested over long periods) a= nd don't > > > : autsense most of the time, which the Intel does much better. > > > :=20 > > > : Frankly I can't see anyone using a 3Com considering all the problem= s that > > > : crop up on the lists, but then I've been happy with Intel NIC since= the > > > : Pro100B came out. ;) > > > :=20 > > > :=20 > > > : Jeff Mountin - jeff@mountin.net > > > : Systems/Network Administrator > > > : FreeBSD - the power to serve > > > :=20 > > > :=20 > > > :=20 > > > : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > : with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > :=20 > > >=20 > > >=20 > > >=20 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > >=20 >=20 > --Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant > [ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ] >=20 >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message --2JFBq9zoW8cOFH7v Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE4vbh+ERViMObJ880RAcUlAJ9u56IIfRDQ1xOIA17xSa0iSlF/dQCfYoDT b/dCLKX2lwSNPeyS2T2bAcI= =Zdiu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2JFBq9zoW8cOFH7v-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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