[gentoo-user] 3Com 3C996B-T: Software shows 1000Mbps, get 100Mbps or less speeds
Sorry if this is a repost, it seems to have disappeared into the bit bucket. I put a 3Com 3C996B-T 1000Mbps NIC in my system. It uses the tg3 (broadcom) driver, which I have compiled in. The kernel messages show the link at 1000. The light on the NIC shows this. The lights on the switch show this. ethtool eth1 shows this. However mii-tool eth1 shows 100. Also, the speeds I get over it (FTPing directly to eth1's address) are the same as 100Mbps or lower. Eth0 is a 100Mbps card, and is also the default route. Could incoming FTP connections, even directly connecting to eth1's IP, end up forced over eth0 (100Mbps) somehow? I can't think of another reason. Even then, I find it strange that mii-tool reports eth1 as 100Mbps. Any ideas? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 3Com 3C996B-T: Software shows 1000Mbps, get 100Mbps or less speeds
bottom... fire-eyes wrote: Sorry if this is a repost, it seems to have disappeared into the bit bucket. I put a 3Com 3C996B-T 1000Mbps NIC in my system. It uses the tg3 (broadcom) driver, which I have compiled in. The kernel messages show the link at 1000. The light on the NIC shows this. The lights on the switch show this. ethtool eth1 shows this. However mii-tool eth1 shows 100. Also, the speeds I get over it (FTPing directly to eth1's address) are the same as 100Mbps or lower. Eth0 is a 100Mbps card, and is also the default route. Could incoming FTP connections, even directly connecting to eth1's IP, end up forced over eth0 (100Mbps) somehow? I can't think of another reason. Even then, I find it strange that mii-tool reports eth1 as 100Mbps. Any ideas? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list Ok, this is free advice and may or may not be worth any more than that -- I'm new here, but since nobody answered Is your kernel configured for 1Gb as-such under the networking? (In win now to do mail; not set up undel linux yet, so I can't check exactly what/where.) Also may need to force-load a driver module. As I said, may or may not be worth more than you paid for it, but it is what comes to mind right now. Best, rgh. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 3Com 3C996B-T: Software shows 1000Mbps, get 100Mbps or less speeds
> Ok, this is free advice and may or may not be worth any more than that > -- I'm new here, but since nobody answered > Is your kernel configured for 1Gb as-such under the networking? > (In win now to do mail; not set up undel linux yet, so I can't check > exactly what/where.) > Also may need to force-load a driver module. > As I said, may or may not be worth more than you paid for it, but it is > what comes to mind right now. Thanks for the advice. Yeah that's all set, in the end I actually discovered it was a routing issue (the traffic was being shoved through a 100Mbps NIC on the same machine). -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 3Com 3C996B-T: Software shows 1000Mbps, get 100Mbps or less speeds
fire-eyes wrote: Ok, this is free advice and may or may not be worth any more than that -- I'm new here, but since nobody answered Is your kernel configured for 1Gb as-such under the networking? (In win now to do mail; not set up undel linux yet, so I can't check exactly what/where.) Also may need to force-load a driver module. As I said, may or may not be worth more than you paid for it, but it is what comes to mind right now. Thanks for the advice. Yeah that's all set, in the end I actually discovered it was a routing issue (the traffic was being shoved through a 100Mbps NIC on the same machine). Ah. That'll do it every time. ;) Congrats! rgh. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
