Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 08:33:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Troy Settle <rewt@i-Plus.net> To: Vadim Belman <voland@plab.ku.dk> Cc: "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B network collisions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980824082824.9948A-100000@Radford.i-Plus.net> In-Reply-To: <199808181036.MAA28563@plab.ku.dk>
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On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Vadim Belman wrote: > Hello, > > after having heard so many positive opinions about the > network card in <subj>, we decided to give it a try on > our new FreeBSD 2.2.7 machine (previously we used > 3COM 905 TP for all of ours FreeBSD boxes). > > Surprisingly, we found that Intel board produces a _huge_ > number of network collisions, almost for every output > packet. > > The strange thing is that we anyhow had a terrific > transfer rate - absolutely the same as with 3COMs > (~920 Kb/s on a 10 mbps connection). > > It is definitely a problem with the card, for we have also > tried 3COM on the same machine, with predictable zero number > of collisions. There is quite likely that this is not a problem > with a particular Intel card, for we have also tried another one Check your configuration on the card and switch. Surely there's something screwed up there. This card has performed *very* well for me since the day I put it in. Here's what netstat shows me after 40 days uptime (reformatted): Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Coll fxp0 1500 <Link> 00.a0.c9.c7.3a.09 57849557 0 41586785 1 0 -- Troy Settle <st@i-Plus.net> Network Administrator, iPlus Internet Services http://www.i-Plus.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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