[SunHELP] [s-x86] Network problem with Intel 845g Chipset Motherboard

[Prakash Venkatakrishna]

Hi,

I have a problem with Compaq 845g Chipset PC with an external IntelPro
PCI NIC.The network performance is very slow, ping to another host on
the same switch takes < 500 ms and any telnet / ftp operation takes a
noticable time to throw the prompt.The onboard Intel 10/100 VE PRO NIC
does not get recognised with the latest (02/02) release OS and hence i
have put an PCI Intel Pro 10/100+ card.In the BIOS i have disabled the
onboard LAN.

Configuration Details :
PC           : Compaq D380mx with DDR Memory
Mother Board : ABIT BD70g with Intel 845g Chipset
               [with onboard NIC and Video]
BIOS Version : BD-70g 04/29/02
OS           : Intel solaris release 02/02
NIC          : Intel Pro 10/100+ with WOL

I notice that while booting the following is logged in messages file.
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Aug 13 09:49:20 augsol10 last message repeated 1 time
Aug 13 09:49:20 augsol10 isa: [ID 202937 kern.info] ISA-device: asy1 Aug
13 09:49:20 augsol10 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] asy1 is
/isa/asy at 1,2f8 Aug 13 09:49:21 augsol10 unix: [ID 954099 kern.info]
NOTICE: IRQ16 is being shared by drivers with different interrupt
levels. Aug 13 09:49:21 augsol10 This may result in reduced system
performance. Aug 13 09:49:21 augsol10 unix: [ID 954099 kern.info]
NOTICE: IRQ16 is being shared by drivers with different interrupt
levels. Aug 13 09:49:21 augsol10 This may result in reduced system
performance. Aug 13 09:49:21 augsol10 genunix: [ID 678236 kern.info]
Ethernet address = 0:d0:b7:52:ca:cc Aug 13 09:49:21 augsol10 gld: [ID
944156 kern.info] iprb0: Intel 82558/82559 Ver 0.010.6 Driver: type
"ether" mac address 00:d0:b7:52:ca:cc Aug 13 09:49:21 augsol10 pci_pci:
[ID 370704 kern.info] PCI-device: pci8086,e at 0, iprb0 Aug 13 09:49:21
augsol10 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] iprb0 is
/pci at 0,0/pci8086,244e at 1e/pci8086,e at 0
Aug 13 09:49:23 augsol10 genunix: [ID 454863 kern.info] dump on
/dev/dsk/c0d0s3 size 1000 MB
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Also tried fine tuning /kernel/drv/iprb.conf to force autoneg and
100-FD, did not help.

Please let me if any one has any pointers to solve my problem,

Thanks & regards,

- Prakash