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- From: danp@osf.org (Dan Powers)
- Subject: Re: FTP, etc running very slowly!
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.175344.3623@osf.org>
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- Organization: Open Software Foundation
- References: <17bp3gINNj9p@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Aug25.071024.2621@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 17:53:44 GMT
- Lines: 57
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- In article <1992Aug25.071024.2621@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>, mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.ed (Charles Hannum) writes:
- |>
- |> In article <17bp3gINNj9p@agate.berkeley.edu> dcook@garnet.berkeley.edu
- |> (Dan Cook) writes:
- |> >
- |> > I have noticed since I upgraded to AIX 3.2 that all my network
- |> > interfacing type of processes [...] run very slowly...
- |>
- |> Once again:
- |>
- |> mycroft@hal [1]; lscfg -l ent0 -v
- |> DEVICE LOCATION DESCRIPTION
- |>
- |> ent0 00-02 Ethernet High-Performance LAN
- |> Adapter
- |>
- |> Network Address.............XXXXXXXXXXXX
- |> ROS Level and ID............0027
- |> Displayable Message.........802.3/ETHERNET
- |> Part Number.................071F1182
- |> EC Level....................C73857
- |> Device Driver Level.........00
- |> Diagnostic Level............00
- |> FRU Number..................081F7913
- |> Serial Number...............XXXXXXXX
- |> Manufacturer................204491
- |>
- |> mycroft@hal [1];
- |>
- |> Note the "ROS Level and ID". If it's less than 14, tell your CE you
- |> need an update.
- |>
- |> Older machines tend to have ROS level 9, which barely works even under
- |> 3.1.
- |>
- |> Usually you'll get several hundred errors like this:
- |>
- |> ERROR_ID TIMESTAMP T CL RESOURCE_NAME ERROR_DESCRIPTION
- |> DB3E3DFD 0825030792 P H ent0 CSMA/CD LAN COMMUNICATIONS LOST
- |> ABB81CD5 0825030792 T H ent0 COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL ERROR
- |>
- |> per day (or hour). This is definitely a sign that something is wrong.
- |>
- |>
- |> Speaking of which, I get these under 3.2 with the above hardware, even
- |> though I haven't actually observed any problems. But that's another
- |> story (I think)...
- |>
- |> --
- |> \ Charles Hannum, mycroft@ai.mit.edu
- |> /\ White heterosexual atheist male (WHAM) pride!
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- With a ROS level of 27 you may still want to contact the IBM defect Support
- and reference PTF# U403045 for a long term fix. This may not be your problem
- but it is referenced in the IBM Notice to Licensees.
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