Re: iMac and FreeBSD performance problems

From: Anthony Anderberg (ant_at_hutchtel.net)
Date: 10/31/03

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    To: Keith Mitchell <kmitch@guru.org>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:47:33 -0600

    > the iMac to a 10BT hub instead of the ethernet switch then everything
    > seems to work fine as well. The iMac can talk to all the other equipment
    > without a problem when its connected to the ethernet switch. Likewise

    Sounds like a duplex mis-match, which is especially
    common with unmanaged switches. The problem
    is that the computer and switch don't agree whether
    their link is full duplex or half duplex. The result is
    undetected collisions which must be retransmitted
    via TCP timeouts instead of being retransmitted right
    away by the NICs. I'd suggest setting the duplex on
    the switch ports if possible and devices to see if a
    combination works better, I'm not sure about the Mac
    but you can get a list of media options on FreeBSD
    using "ifconfig -m".

    Best wishes,
    anthony

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