Re: Slow connection with Exceed

[Anthony J Placilla <anthony_placilla suth com>]

On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 09:32, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 June 2004 07:17 pm, Richard R. Danielson wrote:
> > This might be a bit off-topic and if so, I'm sorry.  I updated from RH7.3
> > to RHEL3 ES recently.  Using Exceed, I am able to connect via ssh, but the
> > graphic page builds very slowly.  This was not the case with 7.3.  Is there
> > a setting I haven't made which is limiting the connection speed?  Thanks.
> > Rick Danielson
> 
> I've had problem with RHEL and a Dell server having slow connection. It turned 
> out that somehow the Nic card was not autonegotiating correctly with the 
> switch. Maybe you should check that first. Try scp of large file from and to 
> the RHEL machine to and from other machine (the scp version that comes with 
> RHEL is nice because it actually shows you the connection speed when it's 
> copying over the network). See if you get what you supposed to get.
> 
> You can also check using "mii-tool" or "ethtool" to see if your Nic card 
> negotiated the correct setting with your switch.
> 
> HTH
> RDB

I have also seen instances where having kudzu enabled on startup causes
some cards to set themselves improperly
ie: a 3com 905c went to 10base HD & no amount of futzing with mii-tool
or ethtool would fix it

chkconfig kudzu off & a reboot gets it to 100FD every time

don't ask, I don't know why.
-- 
Tony Placilla, RHCT
anthony_placilla suth com


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