Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 19:03:23 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Strange one-sided network slowdown... Message-ID: <3B21055B.1F4DD2AB@i-clue.de> References: <20010608094600.U78321-100000@oddjob.adhesivemedia.com>
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If your hub is connected to rl0, you're running into trouble. Unfortunatley, you did not explain which interface is connected to which device. Philip Hallstrom schrieb: > > I'm not sure how to check my laptop's duplex, here's what is on my > gateway: > > philip@wombat:~% ifconfig -au > xl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 207.202.235.154 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 207.202.235.255 > inet6 fe80::210:5aff:fe10:b021%xl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > ether 00:10:5a:10:b0:21 > media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active > supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX > 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP 100baseTX <hw-loopback> > rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 10.2.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.2.0.255 > inet6 fe80::250:baff:fed1:b12c%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 > ether 00:50:ba:d1:b1:2c > media: autoselect (none) status: active > supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX > 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP 100baseTX <hw-loopback> > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9 > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > > However, if it was a duplex problem wouldn't I see that when transfering > from my laptop to the gateway and from the net to my laptop (which I can > get about 80kb/s)??? Having duplex mismatched will only cause problems when your box tries to send while traffic arrives: the sent package will invalidate the package recieved simultaneosly, rendering both packets invalid. HTH -Christoph Sold > On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Christoph Sold wrote: > > > Check if both your laptop's and your gateways NICs are properly set to > > half duplex. > > > > HTH > > -Christoph Sold > > > > Philip Hallstrom schrieb: > > > > > > Hi all - > > > I recently reconfiged my home network. My gateway is a P400 > > > running 4.2-20010214-STABLE. The internal interface is rl0 (a D-Link > > > card). The network basically looks like this: > > > > > > net --- dsl modem --- gateway --- hub --- laptop > > > > > > Everything works just fine except transferring *from* the gateway *to* the > > > laptop (~10kb/s). > > > > > > Transfering *from* the laptop *to* the gateway (~130kb/s) is fine. > > > Transfering from/to the gateway/laptop to/from the net maxes out at my DSL > > > speed. > > > > > > I know there used to be a problem with D-Link cards, but I am pretty sure > > > that was fixed around 4.2 and I would think the problem would exist in > > > both directions. > > > > > > Anyone have any ideas why this is happening? It doesn't matter the > > > transfer method either (HTTP or FTP). > > > > > > Any help appreciated... > > -- Freundliche Grüße aus Waiblingen Christoph Sold -- Systemadministrator, i-clue GmbH, Endersbacher Str. 57, 71334 Waiblingen Fon: (0 71 51) 9 59 01-12, Fax: (0 71 51) 9 59 01-55, Mail: so@i-clue.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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