[BUGS] freebsd ethernet traffic load

[jonathan michaels]

On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 12:20:40PM +1100, Edwin Groothuis wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 12:12:49AM +1100, jonathan michaels wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 10:16:11PM +1100, Edwin Groothuis wrote:
> > > On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 08:33:23PM +1100, jonathan michaels wrote:
> > > > -----Forwarded message from Charlie Root <@gw>-----
> > > > Network interface status:
> > > > Name    Mtu Network       Address              Ipkts Ierrs    Opkts Oerrs  Coll
> > > > de0    1500 <Link#1>      00:00:e8:XX:XX:XX  4593322     0  4779269     0 179288 
> > > 
> > > Can you also give the output of "ifconfig de0" ?
> > 
> > 
> > just for good measure ...
> > 
> > [X at gw ~]$ ifconfig 
> >     
> > de0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> >         inet XXX.X.XXX.1 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast XXX.X.XXX.15
> >         ether 00:00:e8:XX:XX:XX
> >         media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP)
> >         status: active
> 
> 10baseT/UTP is half-duplex, there you get your collissions from.


ok, makes sence now .. gotta get a new brain i think the
original on u=is getting a bit worn for teh wear and tear, grr.
 
> The real question is: why do you get 10/half there?

because it is a 10BaseT (sorry if wring accronym) but it should
do half/full dplx and do it automatically as well

> Possible solutions are:
> 
> - Unplug it and let is re-negotiate it again, maybe it comes back
>   up as 100/full.

ok, i will be happy at 10/full .. big grin
and the droping of teh collisions .. if i understand teh post
thus far.

<Harry>
when i can afford it i will replace teh nics wih something a
bit more tocpical.
</Harry>

 
> - Try a different port on the switch which does negotiate to 100/full
>   on other machines.

yup in a few days i'll be upgrading the fs switch to one of teh
ssr's or teh nortel  .. once i can get some form of
documantations fromr somewear orther //
 
> - Set it to 100/full manually:
>   "ifconfig de0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex"

sounds  good to me
 
> - Replace it with a different card.

like all things when i can i will ..

question, please

if i get a 1000baset copper card, is it going to have issues
with teh 133 mhz cpu that will be driving it ?? i understand
that i won't be 'pushed' hard, if at all ?? will this cause it
and teh network problems .. i've seen some comments on
-hardware/-stable/-someothers that sorts indicate this might be
an issue .. thought it might be just my missunderstandin of teh
american dialect

thanls harry edwin andrew .. much appreciated all your help als
others who posted as well thanls peoples

regards

jonathan

ps.1, to those to whom this is an issue, please no more reminding
me about my poor typing et all, you don;t have to remind me
about this.

ps.2 i'm struging tonoth so please excuse teh bad typing, i wish
i could wave a magic want and fix it but i can't do it anymore
.. sorry

j.

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