slow data transfer over nfs ... is it fedora?

[Marcel J.E. Mol]

On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 02:49:49PM -0700, Bob Arendt wrote:
> Harry Putnam wrote:
> > # mii-tool
> >   root # mii-tool
> >  eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-HD, link ok
> >  eth1: no link
> >
> > # ethtool eth0
> >   Settings for eth0:
> >        Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
> >        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
> >                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
> >        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
> >        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
> >                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
> >        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
> >        Speed: 100Mb/s
> >        Duplex: Half
> >        Port: Twisted Pair
> >        PHYAD: 1
> >        Transceiver: internal
> >        Auto-negotiation: on
> >        Supports Wake-on: puag
> >        Wake-on: g
> >        Link detected: yes
> >
> The "-HD" = Half duplex = kiss of death for speed.  This usually
> indicates either a bad cable or an incorrectly configured network
> box.  We'd had problems with DEC/Compaq AlphaStations in this regard.
> The solution was generally to configure your network box and/or workstation
> to 100baseT/Full and *don't* let it autonegotiate.

As far as I know you get only HD when conected to a hub. When connected to
a switch you should get FD.

-Marcel
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