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Date:      Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:15:44 -0700
From:      Will Froning <wfroning@angui.sh>
To:        freebsd-performance@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Performance Problems.. Server hardware smoked by $500 box?
Message-ID:  <20030911111544.10ce1679.wfroning@angui.sh>
In-Reply-To: <3F60B2B4.7040709@madness.at>
References:  <00b201c37888$cec24770$1916c60a@win2k.clickcom.com> <3F60B2B4.7040709@madness.at>

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On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:36:52 +0200
Alexander Marx <mad-ml@madness.at> wrote:

> John Straiton wrote:
> >>Look at network errors (netstat -i), duplex mismatches (link 
> >>lights on switch vs. what ifconfig tells you), and network 
> >>load (i.e. production is on a 10Mb hub, development is on a 
> >>100Mb switch).  Etc., etc., etc.
> > 
> > 
> > They are all connected to the same switch, and the Cisco IOS reports
> > zero errors on any of the 3 interfaces. Even when the production
> > machine was live, it would have less than 3Mb/sec load on a
> > 100Mbit/FullDuplex network.
> > 
> thats great and all .. but does the server also report zero
> interface errors? (output of netstat -in) ?
> 
> we had lots of problems with cisco switches and half/full-duplex
> missmatches ... even though the switches thought everything was fine.

I'll agree w/ the above statement.  We force full-duplex on both the
switch and via rc.conf for all of our FreeBSD boxes.

Will

-- 
Will Froning
Unix Sys. Admin., Lt. Pimp
wfroning@angui.sh



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