Hello,

when I show the env settings with printenv on my Peg2 it has these lines:
nvramrc
1: devalias net /pci@80000000/ethernet@D:speed=10,duplex=half

Does this mean the firmware is configured to 10MBit and not 100 or 1000? What is the correct value for this and how can I set it? And how can I know if this is the 100 or 1000MBit connector?

Did you try to speedtest either interface when booted up in MorphOS and/or Linux?


Also "devalias" just suggests that anything running IN OpenFirmware would access "net" and get those specs, drivers in an OS wouldn't be effected.

I don't have Linux. Which one still works? I think most Linuxes have stopped PPC support.
Has MorphOS a speed tool for this? I sued AmiSpeedTest from aminet. Average download speed = 5042 kilobits/s. Average upload speed = 7923 kilobits/s. That is very slow. I have more than 20Mbps download with Windows.

The switch says "10M" to the 100MBit port of the Peg and "1000M" to the 1000MBit port.

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Just use Void Linux for PPC. Boots straight into desktop and it got recent kernel and software.

> Just use Void Linux for PPC.

Would be interesting to know if it runs on the Pegasos 2 as is.

> I don't have Linux. Which one still works?

Debian 8 was the last Debian release with official Pegasos 2 support.

> Average download speed = 5042 kilobits/s. Average upload speed = 7923 kilobits/s.
> That is very slow. I have more than 20Mbps download with Windows.

The MorphOS TCP/IP stack and the driver-sided SANA-II interface are especially slow for WAN connections. Better test LAN speed (preferably low-overhead protocol like FTP) which should be nearer to the theoretical maximum, so you can see whether it's operating in 10MbE or 100MbE mode.

It's the same. Not more than 8200 kilobits/s. And expected because the switch says the port is only connected with 10Mb/s. And this is confirmed from the Debian boot. I plugged two network cabels in but it used the 100MBit/s port but only with 10MBit/s. 500MB download from internet - 1MB/s.
So what do I need to change in open firmware to get 100Mbit/s?

Check the cable if it's a cat 5 or newer it could be damaged .

The cable is fine.

FYI, MorphOS states 10MB but it is actually 100MB. And the speed you have are normal with current TCP/IP stack and drivers. I have the same and my switch states 100BaseTX-FD on this port.

Please also note that the 1GB port of the Peg2 is currently buggy with MorphOS. It is first faster than the 100MB port, but it shortly becomes laggy and then hugely slower.

[ Edité par OffseT 20.05.2020 - 13:11 ]

MorphOS Preferences, then System, then Networks do not show the speedd at all if 10 or 100 or 1000MBit. But I trust the switch which says that it is only 10MBit/s on this port and for other devices it shows corerctly 100 or 1000MBit and I switched the cables to check if a cable is wrong or a switch port but they are okay so I am sure that The Peg2 is only 10MBit and not 100. If I change the cable on the Peg from 100MBit port to 1000MBit port and the second calbe the other way round my switch immediately shows that change. And If plug it into another computer it shows 1000MBit in the switch and when I take the cable from another computer to the PEg than it is only 10MBit/s.

So I am sure now that the printenv display that I wrote in the beginning is the limit so the question is how I can change it. Then maybe at least the switch will show it correctly at 100MBit.

If MorphOs is slow and buggy then this is very pity because it makes it difficult to use the computer in the network.

If you only see 10MB on switch side, then you might have an issue with cable, switch or a compatibility issue. I remember I had one at Revision between my PowerBook and a local switch. PB was ok, switch was ok, cable was ok, but all together didn't work as expected ^^.

So, my switch actually detects 100MB for the Peg2 100MB interface as I told you (even if I read 10MB in MorphOS and OF). And yes, the switch is okay because it detects other 10MB card (Amiga ones) and Pegasos/PB 1000MB.

The speed is poor anyway, but it is far than enough for regular usage :)

[ Edité par OffseT 21.05.2020 - 00:48 ]

I wrote it above. The cable is fine and the switch is fine. I did all the tests already with other computers and I put other cables to the Peg, too. In all other combinations it is Gigabit, only on the Peg it is 10MBit no matter with which cable or switch port.

This little speed is enough for you maybe but not for everyone.

What is strange is that you should really see a 100MB connection like I do (and a 1000MB one with the 1GB interface).

Maybe your Pegasos 2 is faulty?
Did you try another switch? (compatibility issue?)
Did you try a PCI ethernet card on Pegasos 2?

I tried another switch and it also shows 10MBit. I don't have a PCI card.

install debian 8.10 ad second os and test with it, if still 10mb there's an hw problem.
look also inside peg2 rear eth port for dust and presence of all 8 wire connectors.

Just use the gigabit port. It works fine.

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Unfortunately, it does not work that fine. There is a issue with the driver I guess.
After a while, it becomes very laggy and finally totally unusable.

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4 wires are enough for 10 and 100 Mbit. 8 wires are needed only for 1000 Mbit.

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I cannot confirm this 1Gb port error.
I am normally using 1Gb port on my Pegasos2. No problems. On switch it signalizes 1Gb.
It is faster with MorphOS than AmigaOS on the same machine.

But I remember, that many years ago - maybe when MorpOS starts to support 1Gb port on Pegasos - I had also problems with 1Gb port. But after e-mailing with Alex from bplan I received new firmware. After patch, all works wery fine.

sorry - previous text "It is faster with MorphOS than AmigaOS on the same machine." it not exact.
AmigaOS have no 1Gb port driver yet, so:
1Gb port with MorphOS is faster than 100Mb port with AmigaOS on the same machine.

> e-mailing with Alex from bplan

I know Thomas, Gerald and Nicolas from bplan, but who is Alex? :-)

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That's interesting information, but my Pegasos 2 is already a 2B5 with lastest firmware. Was it some unofficial firmware update?

What I experimented about this 1GB port issue, is that you won't notice it strongly at the beginnning. It becomes slowly more and more laggy, and then suddently totally unusable after 5 or 6 hours. Maybe some stress tests with intensive network traffic could trigger it faster.

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Yeah, you are right - Thomas ...

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I dont't think unofficial. Simply latest firmware for 2B2.