Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 19:47:06 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Rainer Enders <renders@erilab.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP FreeBSD Server just hangs. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980105194452.1402S-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199801042016.MAA10073@willow.erilab.com>
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On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, Rainer Enders wrote: > thank you first of all for your reply. The NIC is configured correctly. > In the meantime I was able to reproduce the error an nail it down. The > mail server is connected to a Cabletron SmartSwitch 6000 to a 10/100 > switched port. When I configure the Switchport on the Cabletron to > fixed 10 MBit the server works fine in either half-duplex or full-duplex > mode. When I set the switched port to 100 MBit either full or half-duplex > I don't get a link up at all between the Switch and the PC. When I configure > the Switchport to Autosensing the PC gets connected at 100 MBit half duplex > - strange behavior anyhow. In this mode mail clients are unable to connect > to the server. The connection times out. So I was thinking of a problem in the > driver for the 3COM card in BSD. But maybe its a problem with the Switch? I > would be interested to hear from people using FreeBSD 2.2.5 with the 3COM > 3C905 NIC in 100 MBit mode. I'd suggest forcing the mode(s) you want using the 3com card's setup utility. FreeBSD should pick up the settings and configure itself accordingly. I don't have any experience in 100mbit mode, though, check the mail archives. The 3c90x series is plagued by having too little on-board buffer space. If you need 100mbit you might find more luck in a 100mbit DEC-based card, like a Kingston, Dayna, or others. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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