From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jun 2 15:50:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA26329 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 15:50:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from russian-caravan.cloud9.net (russian-caravan.cloud9.net [168.100.1.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA26319 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 15:50:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scottd@cloud9.net) Received: from earl-grey.cloud9.net (gt+HSMAAPGzaaQo+lr8+ZMsjZaSNtJZ4@earl-grey.cloud9.net [168.100.1.1]) by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA13048; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 18:50:42 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 18:50:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Scott Drassinower To: David Greenman cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel EtherExpress 100+ problems In-Reply-To: <199806022244.PAA18069@implode.root.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Which switch are you using? -- Scott M. Drassinower scottd@cloud9.net Cloud 9 Consulting, Inc. White Plains, NY +1 914 696-4000 http://www.cloud9.net On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, David Greenman wrote: > >netstat -i on the client has no interface errors, netstat -i on the server > >has one output error but no input errors. > > I'm not too surprised by this; the one case where I saw the lossage problem > with the Cisco didn't show any errors on either side, yet there was 20% packet > loss. I'm sure if I had been using NFS in that case that things would have > sucked badly. > > >I might be able to get a hold of another 100 megabit switch, perhaps an > >Intel, and we can see if the problem goes away or if it's the same. I'm > >wondering if there are other people running 100 megabit that might be able > >to duplicate this problem. > > I use Intel Pro/100B and 100+ cards in all of my machines here on a fast > ether switch in full duplex with NFS. I've never had any problems. We also > do the same with freefall/hub/etc. While we've had problems with NFS there > when one of the machines goes down, I don't recall seeing any problems like > you're having with selective processes wedging. > > -DG > > David Greenman > Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message