Re: Network Slowdowns?

["Justin C. Sherrill" <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, October 6, 2006 8:56 am, Jamie wrote:

> If I reboot the machine, or issue this command:
>
> ifconfig xl0 down ; ifconfig xl0 up
>
> Performance returns to about normal (although I still experience lockups

Check duplex and speed on both sides, which I think Matt already
mentioned.  I've seen exactly this a number of times with other systems,
and the reason was a duplex mismatch, even when it was set to Auto.  I've
even seen it happening with various Cisco switches.