FreeBSD 5.3BETA5 slow network

[Thomas T. Veldhouse]

Rumen Telbizov wrote:

> Dear list,
>
> I've been using FreeBSD 5.3 since BETA2 and
> I have this network performance problem.
> My network is very slow. I am on a 100Mbit
> Lan and when I download a file over it
> from the box next to me I achieve speed
> of 40KB/s maximum. My previous OS was 4.10
> and I did not have this problem. No hardware
> change made!
>
> I read UPDATING and tried to set debug.mpsafenet = 0.
> Unfortunately it is readonly and cannot be set.
> My default value of debug.mpsafenet is 1!
>
> Putting it into loader.conf doesn't do the trick
> either. Nor does putting "options NET_WITH_GIANT"
> into the kernel.
>
> My system is:
> 5.3-BETA5 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA5 #3: Mon Sep 20 19:00:21 EEST 2004
>
> Any ideas are welcome.
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Rumen Telbizov


I have no such problem.  If I were you I would see if your network cards 
are all set the same in either DUPLEX or SIMPLEX mode.  If they are 
mixed you will get the symptoms you mention.

Tom Veldhouse

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