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Date:      Wed, 5 Apr 2000 20:43:46 +0200
From:      Anders Andersson <anders@sanyusan.se>
To:        Adrian Gonzalez <adrianbsd@globalpc.net>
Cc:        Anders Andersson <anders@sanyusan.se>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NAT/Gateway routing problems?
Message-ID:  <20000405204346.A95723@enterprise.sanyusan.se>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000405132544.00956810@globalpc.net>; from adrianbsd@globalpc.net on Ons, Apr 05, 2000 at 01:25:44pm -0500
References:  <20000404134336.A35647@enterprise.sanyusan.se> <3.0.6.32.20000405132544.00956810@globalpc.net>

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on Ons, Apr 05, 2000 at 01:25:44pm -0500, Adrian Gonzalez wrote:
> 
> I've had similar problems with 3com 3c509 NICs.  In certain configurations
> they seem to either drop packets or just somehow manage to be terribly
> slow.  The ep driver used to be described as "slow/buggy" in the kernel
> config files, so I usually try to stay away from them on FreeBSD systems.
> 
> If you have any other non 3c509 NICs handy, I'd recommend you try swapping
> them.

The ep driver have been dramaticly improved in 4.0. But yes, I know that
these cards arent optimal.

I have tested with another box with 3Com 905 cards and got almost as bad
performance, that is why I suspect some other error.

-- 
Anders Andersson		anders@sanyusan.se
Sanyusan International AB	http://www.sanyusan.se/


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