RE: 82540EM very slow on 2.6.0-test[45]

["Feldman, Scott" <scott.feldman@xxxxxxxxx>]

> ftp'ing a multi-megabyte file gives about 16-20k/second 
> throughput.  I first noticed this on 2.6.0-test4, but
> the slowness may have existed longer.   The destination
> machine was running Solaris 8.

Linux -> Solaris

> This is a dual boot Dell P4.  XP is about 1000x faster for
> an ftp xfer, so the network seems okay.

Is this Linux -> XP or XP -> Solaris?  Trying to eliminate one player.

What about Linux -> Linux?  Is that slow?

> dmesg shows "e1000: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full 
> Duplex". Here is the full dmesg log:

This feels like a duplex mis-match.  Do you have good cat 5 cables?  Are
you using the same cable for the different tests?

-scott