8139C or 8139D 8139D works vey well in my windows network & give good throughput.
K.S.Sinnarkar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gaurav Jain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 10/mm/2003 8:15 PM Subject: RE: [LIH]Network card operating in 10Mbps/100 Mbps > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > > VaibhaV Sharma > > > > On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 02:48:38PM +0530, Sudev Barar wrote: > > > > > As you can see there were two replies and I tried both. I am > > baffled by the output as below: > > > OUTPUT 1: > > > # /bin/dmesg | grep eth0 > > > eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0xf88d4c00, > > 00:80:48:15:8b:f9, IRQ 11 > > > eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139C' > > > eth0: Setting 100mbps full-duplex based on auto-negotiated > > partner ability 45e1. > > > > Go and trace your logs line by line, search where this line occurs and > > check what the next line(s) say. Typically, the driver initialises the > > card and then negotiates the speed according to the hub/switch its > > connected to unless you force the card to a particular speed or the card > > is not capable of figuring it out itself. > > > > > > > OUTPUT 2: > > > ]# /usr/sbin/ethtool eth0 > > > Settings for eth0: > > > Supported ports: [ TP MII ] > > > Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full > > > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full > > > Supports auto-negotiation: Yes > > > Advertised link modes: Not reported > > > Advertised auto-negotiation: No > > > Speed: 10Mb/s > > > Duplex: Half > > > > There you go. This is what the actual state of your ethernet card is > > right now. Your network card seems to support 100Mbps but is connected > > to a 10Mbps network. > > > > > Why should the two utilities report different?? Any one who can > > tell which is the correct output? > > > > Why dont you try transferring a couple of files across your machines to > > get a better idea of the throughput. Use something like iptraf to check > > the realtime stats. > > a pointer... > realtek 8139 never gives me more than 20% throughput, on a 100mbps > full-duplex switched network. > while on intel cards, i achieve around 80% throughput. > checked with iptraf > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
