Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 09:14:05 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dc still reporting collisions Message-ID: <20031117090636.H21453@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20031116000219.GC98569@lizzy.catnook.com> References: <20031115164720.I13393@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> <20031115171702.F13393@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> <20031115150841.I5733@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20031116000219.GC98569@lizzy.catnook.com>
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On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Jos Backus wrote: > > If its a real hub, hubs aren't full duplex. > > Yeah, I know (believe it or not, but my job description says "Network > Engineer" :-). I don't make assumptions about titles and knowledge levels. :-) > > If its a switch, the switch and PC might not have negoatiated full duplex > > properly. Try unplug/replug the cable, or switch to autoselect. > Thanks for the advice, but this setup has been working unchanged for > years now. All that's really changed is FreeBSD on this machine. It > could be broken hardware though. I'm going to try booting 4.9-RELEASE > and see if I can get FTP to work (5.1-RELEASE just hangs during root > mount). Just because it's been "working forever" doesn't mean it can't fail. Ever heard of power surges? Static discharge? I've seen a tx on a Compaq motherboard go kaput with no intervention whatsoever. It happens. Thankfully collisions are fairly deterministic. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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