FTP difficulties 4.8R

[matthew]

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Graham North wrote:

> Mathew:
>
> You must know your way around network cards!?

A mixed blessing at the very least. I get a lot of old stuff.
never new.

> Unfortunately this one is
> part of a docking station (which I would like to use) for the XPI, and you
> are correct it is ep0.
>
> I do have a second option in the form of a more recent linksys pcmcia card
> which can be stuck into a side slot - but will have then have to look into
> conflicts when docked.
> You said:
> > See if your router can set its interface to 10BaseT/UTP full duplex.
> > do a download test.
> > Change router to half duplex...
> > download test.
>
> I used this card for two years with Win98 through this router without
> problem

different driver i assume makes all the ?difference?

> - if Windows can make the card work nicely then shouldn't there be
> some similiar setting I can do for nic configuration in FBSD?
>

These cards can only be configured from win98/dos tool from 3com.
I was just recently using it, and it would not let me do much.
I could switch from AUI, ethernet port, etc..
I could not change the duplex setting. Strange old tool. Maybe
I missed on how to do it.

Could be worth checking into but i doubt it since it was used
before with ethernet.

>
>
> Clearly I am still low on the learning curve, now I have to look up what
> mediaopt is..?
>

ifconfig ep0 media 10BaseT/UTP mediaopt half-duplex
is an example.
ep0 wont accept the mediaopt. and nothing really to change with media..
being only a 10mb/s card. So one ussually tries to make the router
persuade it into something instead of relying on auto-negotiation.



> >You cannot use the
> > the mediaopt option with ifconfig. no one bothered to code it
> > into the driver. unlike xl0...
>
> Thanks again for your help.  Tomorrow, after work...

while at work mooch a different isa card. or if this is a laptop
which it sounds like, have fun.

m

> Cheers,  g/
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "matthew" <matthew at netway.com>
> To: "Graham North" <graham.north at telus.net>
> Cc: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>; "Rob" <robert at irrelevant.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 11:35 PM
> Subject: Re: FTP difficulties 4.8R
>
>
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 15 Feb 2004, Graham North wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Rob:
> > >
> > > Thank you for this help.  Thanks also to all others who replied this
> > > evening.
> > > I just came home and it is late so I will pursue all suggestions
> tomorrow
> > > evening.
> > >
> > > My gut sense is that it is the nic setup - at first I thought it might
> be my
> > > router (and maybe it is part of the problem but I have operated 3
> different
> > > machines through it and networked them in the past so am starting to get
> > > pretty comfortable with it).  But tomorrow I will start by checking my
> > > cabling carefully - though the same machine if booted into Win98 works
> > > flawlessly so I doubt that the problem is cabling or flaky nic.  The nic
> is
> > > a 3com 3509
> >
> > I thought so. it is a 10mb/s card only, full and half duplex.
> > I will never use one of those ISA cards again.
> > I now throw them out.
> >
> > See if your router can set its interface to 10BaseT/UTP full duplex.
> > do a download test.
> > Change router to half duplex...
> > download test.
> >
> > If router cannot change its settings, do this on the freebsd machine.
> > I am quite sure, you are using ep0. You cannot use the
> > the mediaopt option with ifconfig. no one bothered to code it
> > into the driver. unlike xl0...
> >
> > if you cannot resove the issue, i would seriously look for a pci
> > card you can slap in it.
> >
> > l8r
> >
> > m
> >
> > > which seems to be well supported.
> > > Auto negotiation - that sounds plausible - esp. since sometimes files do
> get
> > > through but painfully slowly.  Lowering the MTU setting shouldn't
> hurt...?
> > >
> > > To all - thanks again, I will respond further after playing tomorrow.
> > > Cheers,  Graham/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Rob" <robert at irrelevant.com>
> > > To: "Graham North" <graham.north at telus.net>;
> <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> > > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 6:15 PM
> > > Subject: Re: FTP difficulties 4.8R
> > >
> > >
> > > > At 13:32 15/02/2004 -0800, Graham North wrote:
> > > > >[snip]
> > > > >My FreeBSD box on the other hand is a different story.   It is a PII
> 166
> > > > >[snip]
> > > > >It does go outside and connect, sometimes I can ftp download some
> small
> > > > >files, most times the process stalls.   I generally need to open a
> new
> > > > >terminal to kill the process.
> > > >
> > > > It may be nothing to do with this, but I get similar problems on my
> DSL
> > > > link with the default MTU setting, 1500, and I can get decidedly
> better
> > > > performance by reducing it.  Windows has some sort of dynamic
> adjustment,
> > > > but I've found it's more reliable to set FreeBSD specifically.   Try:
> > > >
> > > > #ifconfig <network_interface> mtu 1438
> > > >
> > > > and see if that makes a difference.
> > > >
> > > > There are optimum values for the mtu, depending on your link
> parameters,
> > > > and various formulae, but try that first before fiddling more.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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