Re: igc problems with heavy traffic

From: mike tancsa <mike_at_sentex.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 18:01:01 UTC
On 8/10/2022 1:47 PM, Pieper, Jeffrey E wrote:
> You could try disabling EEE (Energy Efficient Ethernet). Something 
> like: sysctl dev.igc.0.eee_control=0. 

Thanks, I just tired, and it locks up the NIC.

  # sysctl dev.igc.2.eee_control=0
dev.igc.2.eee_control: 1 -> 0

#

And up /down sort of brings it back

  # ping 192.168.20.2
PING 192.168.20.2 (192.168.20.2): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.20.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.169 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.20.2: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=0.121 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.20.2: icmp_seq=12 ttl=64 time=0.113 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.20.2: icmp_seq=19 ttl=64 time=0.144 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.20.2: icmp_seq=22 ttl=64 time=0.143 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.20.2: icmp_seq=23 ttl=64 time=0.115 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.20.2: icmp_seq=24 ttl=64 time=0.135 ms


     ---Mike


> Jeff
>