wierdness with 100BaseT interface in linux.

On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 20:48, technomage wrote:
> ok, this is a repeat of the last message I sent. However, I have some new
> info.....
>
>
> I've got a real pickle of a problem here. my newest machine seems to have
> slower transfer rates on the lan than any of the others. In linux, I can't
> seem to get any faster than 40 KBytes/sec throughput to any other machine, in
> any mode of file transfer (be it samba, ftp, whatever). I've tried ethtool to
> improve things but it doesn't work as expected.
>
> The ethernet device on board is a via-rhine chipset.
>
> **** clip from harddrake data *****
> Vendor: ‎VIA Technologies
>
> Bus: ‎PCI
>
> Bus identification: ‎1106:3065:1106:102
>
> Location on the bus: ‎0:12:0
>
> Description: ‎VT6102 [Rhine II 10/100]
>
> Module: ‎via-rhine
>
> Media class: ‎NETWORK_ETHERNET
>
> ******************
>
> now, the real interesting thing about this is, when I dual boot into windows,
> this device works perfectly (at full bandwidth). so, I ask, what the hell is
> going on?
>
> *** new info: ok, its only working 100BaseT for inbound. all outbound in linux
> seems to be at 40 KB/sec and there doesn't appear to be any way to improve
> this. Also, I have tried disabling the internal lan interface (via bios) and
> use a plug in card, what I get is: the card is seen, and configured but I
> cannot sent any traffic to the rest of the lan (no route to host). all other
> variables (such as the routing tables and the like) appear good. so......
>
> someone got any meaningful answers (I spent 6 hours on this yesterday and this
> is all I could come up with)
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change cables - sounds like you've got a cable with only 4 wires (cat 3)
and you would need cat 5 (8 wires) - I remember this exact same thing
happened to someone else. Windows doesn't always report the true nature
of the connection.

Craig