On 2013-02-15, What you get is Not what you see <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is ifconfig > # ifconfig re5 > re5: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > lladdr .................. > priority: 0 > media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT full-duplex,rxpause,txpause) > status: active > inet6 fe80::6670:2ff:fe11:5732%re5 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6 > inet 192.168.5.249 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.5.255 > > So it configures itself as 1000baseT which is fine because it is connected > to a gigabit switch. > > The problem is: sometimes I cant achive the maximum download rate through > this card. If I bypass the card, and connect directly to the modem which is > gateway for it, then everything seems fine and the maximum download rate is > reached. So there should be no problem with the modem and line. > Also there happens no change in pf.conf. How can I diagnose the problem? > There seems to be no suspicious log messages at /var/log/messages or at > dmesg.
what do you mean by, "If I bypass the card, and connect directly to the modem which is gateway for it,"? - did you actually mean to say "If I bypass the *switch*..." ? if so, you might want to try disabling flow control on the switch port. > re5 at pci7 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek 8169" rev 0x10: RTL8169/8110SB > (0x1000), apic 2 int 17, address ............... something seems to have gone wrong in pasting there, I think that should be 64:70:02:11:57:32
