Randall Hofland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Doesn't sound like I could do any worse with a $5 Encore than what
> that Realtek chipset is providing.
Yes, $5 is a good price.
> It does sound like the N-Way negotiation is not working so the
> driver must not be properly installed (and I do seem to recall that
> the Realtek is supported). What Linux distro and version?
I'm running Debian 2.2 (mostly), but have compiled my own kernel from
2.4.2 sources.
> By the way, I understand there was a misnaming of the module for the
> Realtek 8139 which I think is what the Encore might use, at least in the
> SuSE 2.4 distro. You should be able to find the chip on the board itself
> if you are not sure of the brand.
I just configured it in (CONFIG_8139TOO=y) instead of working with the
module.
I didn't see any useful numbers on the chips. I think I identified it
correctly, though.
/proc/pci reports:
Bus 0, device 16, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 16).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64.
I/O at 0x1000 [0x10ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0001000 [0xf00010ff].
The boot messages include:
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0xc4800000, 00:50:ba:48:13:d8, IRQ 11
eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139B'
I did go ahead and install proftpd on one of these machines, and got
somewhat faster transfers:
9359360 bytes received in 2.64 secs (3461.5 kB/s)
9359360 bytes sent in 1.45 secs (6299.1 kB/s)
I guess ssh was slowing things down. scp is quite a bit slower:
vanzandt:/tmp$ scp voyager-proj.tar.gz scribe:
voyager-proj.tar.gz | 9140 KB | 652.9 kB/s | ETA: 00:00:00 | 100%
vanzandt:/tmp$ scp -c blowfish voyager-proj.tar.gz scribe:
voyager-proj.tar.gz | 9140 KB | 1142.5 kB/s | ETA: 00:00:00 | 100%
- Jim Van Zandt
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