nvidia ethernet LAN at 20 KB per second

[photek]

Hi, since months, using edgy and now with feisty, the nvidia ethernet of my nforce 4 chipset (Asus A8N32-SLI deluxe) works sometimes good (4-5 MBps) and sometimes very bad (15-20 KB per second). It happens with ftp, samba, etc.

This card is only for lan, as i'm using the other built in ethernet for internet access.

Any idea on how to solve that?

Here is the lspci:

00:13.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
 (problem card)

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
(working card)

Both are built in the motherboard.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it, because your description doesn't yet have enough information.
Please include the following additional information, if you have not already done so (please pay attention to lspci's additional options), as required by the Ubuntu Kernel Team:
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[photek (jccelaya)]

Hi, here is the additional data and a temporary fix, that maybe should let you know where the issue is:

tito@tito:~$ uname -a
Linux tito 2.6.20-11-generic #2 SMP Thu Mar 15 03:43:56 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I attach the logs too.

[photek (jccelaya)]

second log attached.

[photek (jccelaya)]

And here is the temporary fix:

1. Disable network connections via the panel icon of the network manager otherwise you will run into problems
2.
sudo ifdown eth1 && sudo ifdown eth0

3.
sudo ifup eth1 && sudo ifup eth0

The normal network settings will then be read out from /etc/network/interfaces.

It seems to work full speed, haven't tested it extensively tho.

[photek (jccelaya)]

stupid question, is there a way to add this to boot so it does that automatically without asking for password? i ask that because i have to do both commands at each bootup in order to get eth to work. and i think it has to be in the boot sequence for dhcpserver to work too.

thanks in advance for your help.

Regards.

[photek (jccelaya)]

Sorry, the bug is not fixed, it happens again even doing the ifup and disabling network-manager, Network card is detected and ip is assigned when disabling network manager, but the slowiness comes again, depending on the boot. Sometimes it works well, sometimes not.

I think maybe it's some kind of energy saving feature that once the card sleeps, it doesn't wake up again. Just a guess.

[photek (jccelaya)]

Btw it's a generic bug for all Asus A832 Deluxe so far as i know, SLI and non SLI, there is another person in the forum that knows 3 or 4 more cases, all with the same motherboard. I don't know if it affects other models. I'm using latest bios and it isn't solved, and it was released at least 6 months ago, i don't think they will release more bios updates as in windows it's working flawlessly.

[photek (jccelaya)]

with kernel 2.6.20.12 it has worked during 2 days perfectly, i haven't tried to reboot it tho. With upgrade to 2.6.20.13, i discovered something very weird. I'm sending at 20-40 kbps, but i'm receiving at full speed (11 mbps), in the same connection.

Can i do something more to help you to solve the problem?

[photek (jccelaya)]

PS: in the same connection, but not at the same time. First i tested sending, 20-40 kbps, then i stopped that transfer and i tried receiving from the same host in my lan: 11 mbps. Then i retried both things, with same results, upload from my computer to the lan is insanely low, but download goes full speed.

[photek (jccelaya)]

Btw, same as before, it works erratically, sometimes it boots and it's ok, sometimes not.

[photek (jccelaya)]

Still happens on 2.6.20-15-27, can i help you in any way to fix this bug? i'll do my best.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards.

[photek (jccelaya)]

looking on forums i've seen that forcedeth shipped with the kernel actually is 0.59 and that 0.60 is available in nvidia driver package 1.21. Maybe this new version could fix it? i don't know how to install it in ubuntu tho as there is rpm's only.

0.60: 31 May 2006: Added support for recoverable error.

[Giorgio Salluzzo (giorgio.salluzzo)]

I've got an ASUS A8N5X - nforce4 based -, and the last Ubuntu with a working ethernet connection was Dapper.
I tried with Edgy and Feisty, but also with other distros like Arch and Dreamlinux.

The problem is always the same: I can set a LAN connection both in static and DHCP mode, the connection seems to work, I can ping a domain, I can open a Google page, but nothing else, few sites are working.

apt-get for example stays freezed and I have to kill it with a CTRL-C.

Looking to solve the problem on Internet I discovedered a linuxquestions.org thread in which they were talking about the onboard firewall "NV Firewall", and It may be it, 'cause I have the same problem with the onboard LAN and with a Realtek PCI..

[photek (jccelaya)]

Hi, i have discovered that if i power off the computer AND the switch of the power supply for 30 seconds, the next boot will be fine. If i turn it off only with the power button or using the ubuntu menu it won't work most of the times.

I have to turn off the switch of the power supply for at least 30 seconds to be 100% sure it will work.

Maybe something to do with acpi or something? also i have found this also fixes the problem i have with my usb mouse where the cursor doesn't move but the buttons do work.

Please help us with this issue.

Regards.

[photek (jccelaya)]

For the record i tried booting with "noapic nolapic acpi=off pci=noacpi" and nothing, same results.

[Giorgio Salluzzo (giorgio.salluzzo)]

I tried switching off the power and nothing changed, but I'm sure I tried before.

I would like to know the differences between Ubuntu Dapper kernel and the Edgy or Feisty one, that is the problem.

Try Dapper with a live session and tell me if you can surf without problem.

[photek (jccelaya)]

You tried switching off the power supply? i mean the switch that is in the back of the power supply, not the power button of computer. If your power supply doesn't have this switch, not all power supplies have it, just unplug the computer power cord, wait 30 sec, and then plug it again and power on the computer.

[Giorgio Salluzzo (giorgio.salluzzo)]

yes, I unplugged the cable ;)

On 5/3/07, photek <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> You tried switching off the power supply? i mean the switch that is in
> the back of the power supply, not the power button of computer. If your
> power supply doesn't have this switch, not all power supplies have it,
> just unplug the computer power cord, wait 30 sec, and then plug it again
> and power on the computer.
>
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> nvidia ethernet LAN at 20 KB per second
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/92567
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[PasQty (pas-i)]

hey every one. Sorry my english is far away from well. But i have to tell something about that topic.
I'm working on A8N32-SLI and i have
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)

my home lan looks like that. I have router with build-in switch 100Mbitsps. Offcourse CK804 eth controller is 1000Mbitsps. To wan i should reach 4,5Mbitsps and it was. Every things was fine until 23 december 2008 :D then my speed from ubuntu 8.1 down to max 2,7Mbitsps... Some times was better some time worst. So i change MTU by hand. i set it to 1500. And now is ok.

but there are some other problems, i think connected with driver of CK804 Eth. for example releasing IP addresses getting from DHCP.

*before sting manulay MTU*
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:d8:a2:a2:49
          inet addr:192.168.0.11 Bcast:192.168.0.127 Mask:255.255.255.128
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:576 Metric:1
          RX packets:14210 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8944 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:10642400 (10.6 MB) TX bytes:2292727 (2.2 MB)
          Interrupt:21 Base address:0x2000
*after*
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:d8:a2:a2:49
          inet addr:192.168.0.11 Bcast:192.168.0.127 Mask:255.255.255.128
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:14226 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8965 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:10644832 (10.6 MB) TX bytes:2295907 (2.2 MB)
          Interrupt:21 Base address:0x2000

[PasQty (pas-i)]

idem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283048

[PasQty (pas-i)]

i made some work-around. when card LAN is already up then networkmanager call scripts from /etc/network/if-up.d
so, in dir /etc/network/if-up.d add file setmtu1500
in setmtu1500 is:
#!/bin/bash
# set MTU = 1500
ifconfig eth0 mtu 1500

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