Is the duplexing set correctly? What type of switch is the system connected to? Cisco? I've had problems with intel cards/cisco boxes not negotiating correctly. If the system doesn't match the switch, you'll get terrible performance. # /sbin/mii-tool -v eth0: 100 Mbit, full duplex, link ok product info: vendor 00:50:43, model 2 rev 3 basic mode: 100 Mbit, full duplex basic status: link ok capabilities: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD advertising: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD flow-control On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Steve Linabery wrote: > OK. I'm using an Intel NIC, according to lspci it is: Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02) > > Using latest e1000 driver from Intel, from source. > > This host (fedora core 2) is on a gigabit segment on our LAN. Other (Mac OSX) hosts on this segment are not having the problem. > > An NT 4.0 box is on the 10/100 segment of the LAN. The fc2 host has smbmount-ed a directory on the NT machine. > > Here's the problem: file transfers between these two computers have become extremely slow. Talking 50k/s. > > Here's 'ifconfig -v eth0' output: > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:07:E9:xx:xx:xx > inet addr:192.xxx.x.xx Bcast:192.xxx.x.xxx Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: xxxx::xxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:322464 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:304204 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:327465261 (312.2 Mb) TX bytes:253277737 (241.5 Mb) > Base address:0xd000 Memory:cff80000-cffa0000 > > Thought it might be samba, but scp file transfers are just as slow. And it's any host on the 10/100 segment, not just the NT box. > > I'm using the e1000 driver with the default parameter settings. > > Can anybody help? > Thanks, > Steve > -- > Steve Linabery > World Cycling Productions > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Clay Fandre email: clay at fandre.com PGP Key ID: 0x50DBBB60 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list