I've encountered a disturbing number of el-cheapo switches lately that couldn't negotiate properly if their life depended on it (and it did). I actually just dealt with an almost identical problem. I was using a Pink/Purple 8-port ABS brand switch that was free after rebates from newegg. WHen attached to said switch, a server would get about 1Mbit of throughput. Other devices attached to the switch would get great throughput. I forced 100M-FD on the server and my throughput made it to about 8Mbit. The solution: Plug the server into a linksys switch, plug the linksys switch into the POS switch. I now pull 100Mbit from that server without much trouble. -Tom On 2/13/06, Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: > Just a POS SOHO 8-port Switch. Worked fine for years, guess it's time to > get a new one. > > On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Sean Waite wrote: > > > What is the switch you are useing? Is this a managed or unmanaged? SNMP capable? etc.. > > > > > > Sean Waite > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> > > To: TCLUG <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > > Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:27:34 -0600 (CST) > > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Silly network speed question > > > >> Hi there, > >> > >> On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Ed Wilts wrote: > >> > >>> This is really indicative of something not supporting full duplex when > >>> you've told it too. Does ethtool confirm that the port is really at > >>> full duplex? > >> > >> Yup. > >> > >>> For starters, force both ends to half duplex and see if the speed goes > >>> up. If it does, at least you know you have a duplex issue. > >> > >> Hmm. I tried that, and get the same exact speed either way (transferring a > >> ~500Mb file). Now, here's the thing. I get this speed across the network, > >> from pretty much any machine TO pretty much any machine (there's about 10 > >> machines). There are two switches and this happens between switches and on > >> each individual switch! All the machines are (confirmed by eth/mii-tool) > >> set to 100FDX. I tried the forced-hdx thing and get the same result... > >> > >> > >> -Yaron > >> > >> -- > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > -Yaron > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >