Xircom Slow Performance

[miraage]

I have been experiencing similar performance issues as those described in the thread: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=130769&highlight=xircom+slow

All transfers between this computer and any other computer in the network occur at a max speed of about 1.3MB/s, whereas in transactions between any two computers in the network excluding this computer occur at about 8MB/s.

Could you give me a hand in trying to figure this out? Currently, neither the new or the old driver that the author of the referenced thread described are used in my configuration. These are located under Networking->Ethernet (10)->Tulip->Xircom*{old|new}

The only module that my system uses is the one created by enabling the CONFIG_PCMCIA_XIRC2PS kernel option. This option is found under Networking->PCMCIA->Xircom 16-bit.

I'm using the linux-2.6.5-vanilla kernel. Thanks in advance.

[wilburpan]

Try building either the old or new versions of the Xircom Tulip drivers as modules, one at a time. Then rebuild your kernel, reboot, and see if your network speed improves.

This is an inelegant and brute force type of solution, but it works.

Here are the modules I have active on my laptop: