Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 21:26:03 -0800 From: jimo@expansion.com (Jim Owen) To: mrcpu@cdsnet.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network Help Message-ID: <199603170526.VAA25127@sweden.it.earthlink.net>
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Jaye,
Thanks for the tip. Turns out that it WAS an IRQ conflict, which we
found out when we used the 3Com config diskette. We simply changed the IRQ
for the card to match what it was set for and all was ok.
Thanks for the reply.
- Jim
At 06:16 PM 3/15/96 -0800, Jaye Mathisen wrote:
>
>Are you absolutely positive that your 3COM card is at the same IRQ as
>hard-coded on the card? I'd get the 3c5x9cfg utility out, and double
>check. I think the default kernel is set for ep0 at 10, but your card
>may be configured for 15 or something like that. THe card will still
>function, but slowly.
>
>Check that. THen build a kernel that matches the card config, or
>configure the card to match the kernel, and go crazy.
>
>If that doesn't work, come back. All my boxes are using 3com cards, and
>they all work...
>
>On Fri, 15 Mar 1996, Jim Owen wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I've got FreeBSD 2.1 installed on a Pentium 120MHz with 16 MB RAM,
>> 1.2 GB disk (IDE) and an IDE CDROM. It's also got a 3Com 3C509 network
>> card.
>>
>> I'm running into a very odd situation where the network is VERY slow
>> to and from our FreeBSD machine. Telnets to the machine appear to be
>> running at about 300 baud and ftp's run about the same speed.
>>
>> We've removed all conflicting device drivers from the kernel and
>> when we boot with a -c, no conflicts show whatsoever.
>>
>> One thing that is odd is that an ifconfig for ep0 shows the
>> following:
>>
>> ep0: flags=8e3<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX> mtu 1500
>> inet 204.250.54.151 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 204.250.54.255
>> ether 00:a0:24:3e:03:e0
>>
>> We don't understand the "SIMPLEX" value that is showing up nor do we
>> know how to change it.
>>
>> Can you give some help?
>>
>> Thanks much,
>>
>> Jim Owen
>> jimo@expansion.com
>>
>
>
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