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plesset 01-14-2013 05:10 AM

Network speed on Debian Wheezy via Asus GigaX1024P and RealTek card
 
I am running a few Debian Wheezy machines (with RealTek RTL8111/8168B card, driver: r8169 Gigabyte Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI) linked to a ASUS GigaX1024P switch. As far as I understand things I should be achieving 1000 Gb/s but I only get 100.

Any ideas? Anyone? Bueller?

Code:

uname -a
Linux toppond 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.35-2 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Code:

ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
        Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
        Supported link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                                1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
        Supported pause frame use: No
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                                1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
        Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Link partner advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                            100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
        Link partner advertised pause frame use: Symmetric
        Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Speed: 100Mb/s
        Duplex: Full
        Port: MII
        PHYAD: 0
        Transceiver: internal
        Auto-negotiation: on
        Supports Wake-on: pumbg
        Wake-on: g
        Current message level: 0x00000033 (51)
                              drv probe ifdown ifup
        Link detected: yes

Code:

lspci | grep -i eth
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)

Code:

dpkg --list | grep -i firm
ii  firmware-linux-free                  3.1                                all          Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
ii  firmware-realtek                      0.36                              all          Binary firmware for Realtek wired and wireless network adapters


Guttorm 01-14-2013 06:23 AM

Hi

Your switch isn't really Gigabit, at least if it is one of those:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16833320404R

Looks like 2 of the ports are gigabit, while the rest is 100mbit only.

It's also advertising 10/100mbit only.

Quote:

Link partner advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full

plesset 01-16-2013 07:26 AM

Yes, that seems to have been the problem - quite embarrassing!

Thanks


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