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Gruffi
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 Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 10:53 pm Post subject: network goes up down up down up down up down up down up down |
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I have an Acer TravelMate 803 LMib laptop with a broadcom 440x nic.
Surfing the net and downloading etc goes well but when i try to download something from the local lan or try to sync portage over the lan this happens:
(scp to another computer "stalls" imediately)
| Code: | Jan 18 23:39:59 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX.
Jan 18 23:40:01 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Link is down.
Jan 18 23:40:05 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
Jan 18 23:40:05 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX.
Jan 18 23:40:07 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Link is down.
Jan 18 23:40:11 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
Jan 18 23:40:11 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX.
Jan 18 23:40:13 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Link is down.
Jan 18 23:40:17 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
Jan 18 23:40:17 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX.
Jan 18 23:40:19 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Link is down.
Jan 18 23:40:23 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
Jan 18 23:40:23 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX.
Jan 18 23:40:26 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Link is down.
Jan 18 23:40:30 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
Jan 18 23:40:30 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX.
Jan 18 23:40:32 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Link is down.
Jan 18 23:40:36 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
Jan 18 23:40:36 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX.
Jan 18 23:40:38 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Link is down.
Jan 18 23:40:42 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
Jan 18 23:40:42 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX.
Jan 18 23:40:44 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Link is down.
Jan 18 23:40:48 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
Jan 18 23:40:48 KlapDoos b44: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. |
I thought i screwed something up in the software but i completely reinstalled the laptop and it still gives this problem.
What is this "Flow control is on for TX and on for RX" thing? Can this be causing problems? Can i turn it off?
I downloaded a file over the lan in that-other-evil-operating-system and that worked without a problem.
Please help! 
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mikulus
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 5:48 am Post subject: |
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Use the bcm4400 module for your NIC instead of b44. If you pass these parameters to the driver it will disable flow control:
| Code: | auto_flow_control=0
rx_flow_control=0
tx_flow_control=0 |
Those settings are the default. You should also hard-set your link speed. So, if you are using 100Mbs and Full Duplex, you should also pass these parameters:
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full_duplex=1 (0 for half duplex)
auto_speed=0
line_speed=100 (or 10)
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If you want to use b44, please see the documentation in your kernel source.
I hope this helps ...
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Gruffi
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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I downloaded the bcm4400 driver from broadcom.com, the driver works but i can only download at 20K/sec even over lan 
I think my laptop is just lazy... 
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Gruffi
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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ok forget about that... i misconfigured my switch while experimenting with the new driver... for now it seems te be working quite well
Your posting was very helpfull mikulus!! 
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mikulus
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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I am glad I could be of service ...
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