TP-LINK TG-3269 network card inner-driver

[mferolla]

Hello,

My NAS4FREE is running on a P4 with 2GB of RAM, after updating the onboard network card (100Mbps) to a new PCI TP-LINK TG-3269 with 1000Mbps in order to reach 50MB/s speed it doesn't seem to be working properlly with a top speed of 500KBps, fluctuating up and down constantly and also dropping connection.
I was wondering if there are any drivers available for this specific card or the chipset that is made with (Realtek RTL8169SCL).

I have looked around online with no luck for a solution,

This is my first NAS server and Im very new to all this, but I would really like to make it work to its maximum potential

Any Help would be greatly appreciated!!!

THanks!

[00Roush]

In general Realtek nic is supported in FreeBSD (what NAS4Free runs on) but it can be hit or miss. Overall Intel NICs have the best support and usually are recommend. With that said it could possibly be a problem with your cable since you are having disconnects. Check if your cable is cat 5e or not. It should say on the cord. Just plain cat 5 can work for gigabit but best to have cat 5e or better.

Another option is to get a Intel PRO 1000 MT or GT card. You can probably find one from a good seller on eBay for $10 or less.

It is possible there is some setting that could be causing slow speeds but I it is hard to say. Have you by chance tried I perf tests?

00Roush

[mferolla]

Hello, thanks for for the feedback.

Im using CAT5e cable and it is in good working order.
The onboard card which is 100mbps is working fine at a maximn speed of 10MBps what makes me think that everything else is in working order. I did do some iperf tests here are the results:

from the client:
iperf -c 192.168.2.2 -P 1 -i 1 -p 5001 -f k -t 10 -T 1
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to 192.168.2.2, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 129 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[ 4] local 192.168.2.1 port 64394 connected with 192.168.2.2 port 5001
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.0- 1.0 sec 26752 KBytes 219152 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 1.0- 2.0 sec 49536 KBytes 405799 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 2.0- 3.0 sec 72832 KBytes 596640 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 3.0- 4.0 sec 50688 KBytes 415236 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 4.0- 5.0 sec 51712 KBytes 423625 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 5.0- 6.0 sec 42240 KBytes 346030 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 6.0- 7.0 sec 28544 KBytes 233832 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 7.0- 8.0 sec 20352 KBytes 166724 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 8.0- 9.0 sec 51072 KBytes 418382 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 9.0-10.0 sec 48256 KBytes 395313 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 0.0-10.1 sec 442112 KBytes 358440 Kbits/sec
Done.

iperf -c 192.168.2.2 -P 1 -i 1 -p 5001 -f k -t 10 -T 1
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to 192.168.2.2, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 129 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[ 4] local 192.168.2.1 port 64399 connected with 192.168.2.2 port 5001
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.0- 1.0 sec 37760 KBytes 309330 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 1.0- 2.0 sec 57472 KBytes 470811 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 2.0- 3.0 sec 51584 KBytes 422576 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 3.0- 4.0 sec 60672 KBytes 497025 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 4.0- 5.0 sec 13184 KBytes 108003 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 5.0- 6.0 sec 50432 KBytes 413139 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 6.0- 7.0 sec 49408 KBytes 404750 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 7.0- 8.0 sec 50176 KBytes 411042 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 8.0- 9.0 sec 12288 KBytes 100663 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 9.0-10.0 sec 26240 KBytes 214958 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 0.0-10.2 sec 409344 KBytes 329623 Kbits/sec
Done.

iperf -c 192.168.2.2 -P 1 -i 1 -p 5001 -f k -t 10 -T 1
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to 192.168.2.2, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 129 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[ 4] local 192.168.2.1 port 64407 connected with 192.168.2.2 port 5001
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.0- 1.0 sec 49792 KBytes 407896 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 1.0- 2.0 sec 33408 KBytes 273678 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 2.0- 3.0 sec 30080 KBytes 246415 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 3.0- 4.0 sec 52480 KBytes 429916 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 4.0- 5.0 sec 37120 KBytes 304087 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 5.0- 6.0 sec 49280 KBytes 403702 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 6.0- 7.0 sec 17152 KBytes 140509 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 7.0- 8.0 sec 48256 KBytes 395313 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 8.0- 9.0 sec 45824 KBytes 375390 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 9.0-10.0 sec 27392 KBytes 224395 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 0.0-10.0 sec 390912 KBytes 318715 Kbits/sec
Done.

iperf -c 192.168.2.2 -P 1 -i 1 -p 5001 -f k -t 10 -T 1
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to 192.168.2.2, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 129 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[ 4] local 192.168.2.1 port 64412 connected with 192.168.2.2 port 5001
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.0- 1.0 sec 73088 KBytes 598737 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 1.0- 2.0 sec 39808 KBytes 326107 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 2.0- 3.0 sec 29568 KBytes 242221 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 3.0- 4.0 sec 32128 KBytes 263193 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 4.0- 5.0 sec 29056 KBytes 238027 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 5.0- 6.0 sec 47360 KBytes 387973 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 6.0- 7.0 sec 46080 KBytes 377487 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 7.0- 8.0 sec 40064 KBytes 328204 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 8.0- 9.0 sec 10368 KBytes 84935 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 9.0-10.0 sec 46592 KBytes 381682 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 0.0-10.1 sec 394240 KBytes 319140 Kbits/sec
Done.

from the NAS:
Server listening on TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 256 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[ 4] local 192.168.2.2 port 5001 connected with 192.168.2.1 port 64394
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.0-10.1 sec 432 MBytes 358 Mbits/sec
[ 5] local 192.168.2.2 port 5001 connected with 192.168.2.1 port 64399
[ 5] 0.0-10.2 sec 400 MBytes 329 Mbits/sec
[ 4] local 192.168.2.2 port 5001 connected with 192.168.2.1 port 64407
[ 4] 0.0-10.1 sec 382 MBytes 318 Mbits/sec
[ 5] local 192.168.2.2 port 5001 connected with 192.168.2.1 port 64412
[ 5] 0.0-10.1 sec 385 MBytes 319 Mbits/sec

[STAMSTER]

I happen to have the same NIC on my old (testing) N4F box. It works great, ~11 MB/s transfer speed both ways.

This is my model, please compare:
http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/deta ... el=TG-3269

P.S. using latest N4F build on x86 system.

[mferolla]

Hello Stamster,
I have the same card, im trying to achieve 50mbs since it is a gigabit card, my onboard card does reach the 11mbps, but it is only a 100 card. At the same time Im having issues of inconsistency of the speed as shown on the tests performed using iperf.

thanks!

[STAMSTER]

Sorry, I forgot to mention I tested it with Fast ethernet switch in between NAS and other server box, but I also tested it with a Gigabit switch, for such old PC box with old slow IDE HDD's and 1-core AMD Athlon CPU speed was nice! Far from 50 MB/s but I just couldn't achieve that speed with such a slow HDD's anyway, so I never tested it with a new MoBo/HDD combo... but as far as stability is concerned, it works like a charm! Now I got a Supermicro X10 series MoBo with 2 Gbit Intel NIC's and a bunch of WD RED's...

[STAMSTER]

I put another piece of this little card on my SuperMicro board (PCH slot). It works out of the box with latest N4F release. Still need to test with heavy iSCSI traffic (1 Gbit/s speed)...