Heres are the nic combinations I've tried in one machine: 3com 905 (at 100mbit) & 3com 905b (at 10mbit) 3com 905b (at 100mbit) & 3com 905 (at 10mbit) 3com 905 (at 100mbit) & realtek 8039 (at 10mbit) 3com 905b (at 100mbit) & realtek (at 10mbit) 3com 905b (at 100mbit) & ne2000 (at 10mbit)
In each case the 3com operating at 100mbit failed to do so smoothly. In some cases I receive device time-outs, on bootup "xl0 command not completed", and in some cases no warning at all.. 100mbit will peak at 4MB/s, then all of a sudden stop, then go racing off, then stop... This doesn't happen if the 3com cards are operated by themselves. The realtek & ne2000 (while slow) perform without these problems. I believe the xl? drivers have a problem. My system is 4-current (updated weekly). I only starting using 2 nics in the machine last week. (When I got my cable modem). The problem occurs both with and without natd & ipfw. It also doesn't matter which of the 4 cards is receiving the data (as long as there is only one of them). Any more information needed? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
