network collisions, only with FreeBSD

[Lowell Gilbert]

Ondrej Suchy <ondrej.lists at underground.cz> writes:

> I have 4.8-RELEASE with two ethernet NIC, one is 3Com 3c905-TX using
> xl driver, second is onboard Intel Pro/100 using fxp.
> 
> The network is *very* slow via xl0 interface. scp'ing file over
> 100mbit network from a host just one hop away, I get around 10 kbps
> (!). Changing mediaopt from autoselect (=> full-duplex) to half-duplex
> I get
> slightly better results, but still very poor. Over fxp0 it is much
> better, but still not perfect.

Try forcing full duplex instead of letting autoselect pick it?