Re: Slow Network Connection

[Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>]

On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 11:34:52 -0400, Eric Estes wrote:
> I just purchased a Shuttle XPC SN27P2 barebones system.
> Chipset: North Bridge - Nvidia nForce 570 Ultra
> Onboard NIC: Marvell 88E1116(10/100/1000Mbps) - I also added a Intel
> Dual-Server NIC and disabled the Marvell
> 
> I tried installing Debian 4.0r0, 4.0r1 and a nightly test build and they
> all suffer from the same problem; an extremely slow connection to the
> internet (about dial-up speed - I have a 5Meg cable connection).
> 
> Yet, if I boot off of a PCLinuxOS Live CD the network works perfectly.
> 
> I've changed cables and network cards with no luck. I'm hoping someone
> here will see something that I've overlooked.

[...]

> Here is the output of the 'lspci' (Debian):

[...]

> 02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 05)
> 02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 05)

[...]

> Here is the output of a 'lsmod' (Debian):

[...]

> e100 33288 0
> mii 5696 1 e100

[...]

> Here is the output of a 'lsmod' (PCLinuxOS):
> [root@localhost root]# lsmod
> Module Size Used by
> eepro100 31728 0
> mii 5760 1 eepro100

The most obvious difference is that Debian uses the e100 driver while
PCLinuxOS uses the eepro100 module. Is the version of the kernel the
same in both cases?

You could try to force the Debian system to use the eepro100 driver:

invoke-rc.d networking stop
modprobe -r e100
modprobe eepro100
invoke-rc.d networking start

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