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From: KTSIN@alpha.ntu.ac.sg (Sin Key Teck)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Slow inbound transfer
Date: 18 Jun 1997 01:54:01 GMT
Organization: Nanyang Technological University
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I have 2.2.2-RELEASE installed in my PC connected to a LAN. I find that
the inbound network speed is way too slow.

I tested using netperf. The outbound speed was 7.2 Mbits/sec but the
inbound was just a mere 0.2 Mbits/sec. What could be wrong? The network
card is an AMD PCnet PCI.

Previously, I had 3.0-970527-SNAP installed and I didn't face this
problem. But I had another problem with the snapshot. The network died
about twice a day (can't ping or netstat -i) and sometimes crashed the
system with the following messages:

Jun 16 08:36:53 cc621 /kernel: lnc1: Heartbeat error -- SQE test failed
Jun 16 08:36:53 cc621 /kernel: lnc1: Babble error - more than 1519 bytes
transmitted 
Jun 16 08:36:53 cc621 /kernel: lnc1: Missed packet -- no receive buffer
Jun 16 08:36:53 cc621 /kernel: lnc1: Memory error  -- Resetting
Jun 16 08:36:53 cc621 /kernel: lnc1: Initialisation failed

What should I do?

kt