Where to start troubleshooting Intel PRO/1000 performanceproblems?

[Tamouh H.]

> Sally,
> 
> On 3/22/07, Sally Janghos <list at deeboz.ca> wrote:
> > I'm looking for some suggestions on where to start troubleshooting 
> > performance issues on a Intel PRO 1000 card.
> >
> > It's installed in a box with the following configuration:
> >         FreeBSD 6.1
> >         AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2100+ (1741.42-MHz 686-class CPU)
> >         Dell CERC SATA RAID 2
> >
> > The file transfer(ftp/smb/scp) speeds from/to this machine do not 
> > appear to go above 10Mb.  The other machine doing the transfers has 
> > similar specs(same Ethernet Card) but is a Windows XP box.  
> I've tried 
> > replacing the switch with a crossover cable between the 
> machines and 
> > the same speed persists.  Any suggestions on where to start 
> and what 
> > tools should I use to do the benchmarks?
> 
> please supply the output of "ifconfig"
> 
> regards,
> 
> usleep


and 
> systat -if    while sending/receiving a file from the other server.