> So if you disconnect the modem (10Mbit) the transfers are fast on the > LAN side. And if you set the LAN NIC to 10Mbit and connect the modem to > the other NIC your transfer speeds are fast? Correct. > > Have you looked at the stats on the interfaces to see if you are taking > any errors? > > ifconfig -a > > will give you a listing of each interface. Pay attention to the RX and > TX lines, you will see counters for errors, dropped, overruns, and > frame. If for some reason you are getting errors on packets they will > be retransmitted. Lots of errors will result in very poor performance > but the transfer will still get through due to the TCP/IP protocol. > No RX/TX errors and such. > Also what type of switch are you using? I have seen some switches that > have problems negotiating the right settings. When using 100Mbit > connections you want to have full duplex set. For 10Mbit connections > half duplex is usually the default. If you have a duplex problem > between the NIC and the switch you will see the error count increase > during a transfer. centrecom fs708 > > From the description it almost sounds like the interface connecting to > the modem is forcing either duplex or speed settings on the other > interface. Have you checked that using mii-tool in both configurations? > -- > Scot L. Harris > webid@xxxxxxxxxx > > It's not hard to admit errors that are [only] cosmetically wrong. > -- J.K. Galbraith > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
