On 2/26/07, George Metz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Any number of things could cause that. My concern is, sometimes
> Motorolas don't handle forced duplex settings well, and sometimes
> half-duplex will make things problematic to begin with.
Okay, more of my confusion: Why would setting the duplex on the card
with the 3Com software be any different from setting it with ethtool?
Is setting it on the card "cleaner"?
> You can always try connecting the laptop and forcing 10 full and 10 half
> to see if the performance is similar to what you're getting out of the
> LEAF box. If you are, then the problem is that the modem doesn't like
> the forced settings. If not, then it's probably something on either the
> cards or the motherboard.
I'll keep this idea in mind if I continue to be interested in this
problem (more info on this below).
> Out of curiosity, have you tried switching which card is connected
> where? In other words, Eth0 internal and Eth1 external?
I considered it, but that was when I was changing the MAC of eth0 to
match my laptop's in hopes that my LEAF box was connecting to a busier
gateway.
> Probably will. I myself had switched over to 3c905Cs when I finally got
> rid of the 486 system.
It has solved the problem, pretty much. Speeds are much, much better and:
3: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,NOTRAILERS,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
link/ether 00:50:da:18:34:6e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast
687575103 2985039 0 0 0 0
TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns
2225320640 2280192 0 0 0 0
4: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
link/ether 00:50:da:69:77:17 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast
2225592944 2282393 0 0 0 0
TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns
609614625 1702801 0 0 0 3337
No errors!
The 486 is in a closet for now. I'll pull it out later tonight and see
if I can get the 3c509B's configured with the 3Com tool. The biggest
problem is that ISA slots and floppy drives are so rare these days!
Thanks, everyone! (Sorry for being a pain in the ass.)
Andy
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