Subject: Re: would my Quad card be broken ?
To: None <joel@carnat.net>
From: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 06/13/2005 14:09:58
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Hello,

> I have a quad card in my Ultra5 that has it network transfer rate
> limited to about 200K/s.
> I first thought it might be the cable, so I changed it, same problem.
> I connected my laptop via X-cable, same problem.
> I changed the switch port, same problem.
> I tested another quad port (normal hme1 and tested hme4) same problem.

Odd. No excessive collisions or errors as far as I can tell, so the
cable should be ok. Any chance to try a different switch / hub ? Just as
an example: the onboard NIC on my PowerStack II ( a bog-standard DEC
21140 ) worked perfectly well with a dumb 10MBit hub but would not
transfer anything with my 100/10MBit switch. A PCI card with the same
kind of chip works fine. Forcing the onboard NIC to 10MBit/s didn't
change anything, apparently it just dislikes the switch for whatever
reason.

Another thing that might help - try to figure out what kind of PHYs your
card uses ( use options MIIVERBOSE ) and if NetBSD supports it use that
one instead of ukphy.=20

good luck
Michael

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