Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:04:32 +0000 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Chris Knipe <savage@savage.za.org> Subject: RE: high latency Message-ID: <1108987472.96957.193.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGEHKFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGEHKFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 03:48 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 11:52 +0200, Chris Knipe wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have 4 FreeBSD Servers connected to a Cisco 2950 all doing > > inter-VLAN > > > routing. Everything is working right, but one server is > > getting absurdly > > > high latency through the VLANs. > > > > [...] > > > > > Now, the problematic box is running a RealTek card, > > > > Ugh. You don't say which one, but I just cured a prob with nfs by > > replacing a brand new Realtek card with an old digital NIC that was > > lying around. Not for the first time, I vow never to use Realtek cards > > again. > > > > Realteks seem to have a problem detecting and setting up for the correct > speed/duplex. (The 10/100 versions, that is) If you leave them in AUTO > negotiation mode they only work right if connected to a 10/100 switch. > Otherwise if you have problems they work fine if you hard code the > speed/duplex in the /etc/rc.conf file. I still feel an aversion to the rl cards, but thanks very much for the tip. Peter.
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