Old debian (Lenny) unable to get speed higher then 300kbps.

[Boris shtrasman]

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 11:13 AM, geoffrey mendelson <
geoffreymendelson at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sep 12, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Boris shtrasman wrote:
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>  Hi,
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>> I got an old 10/100 switch with some new cables.
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>> When I transfer using cross cable the speed is normal (1.5 mbps and up).
>> When I use the switch with two 5mr cables the speeds are around 150-300
>> kbps:
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>> rsync/ssh/scp 250-300.
>> smb 150-200 kbps.
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>> doing some tcpdump I noticed ACK retransmit around 3%.
>> I've Changed the cables.
>> iptables is not running.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure I'm missing something very basic.
>>
>>
> Oh no, not another EDIMAX switch problem. :-)
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> Just kidding. Try setting your ethernet parameters to 100m bits per second,
> and half duplex.
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> BTW, are you sure the cables are good? New does not always mean better, or
> ever working. :-(
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> Geoff.
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> I ditched the switch but thanx.

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> Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM
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