Slow download speed via ethernet cable on raspberry 3 b+

[Tom_Doyle]

Hi,

Watching recordings crash after upgrade from 3 B to 3 B+

I think I can verify this is definitely Ethernet driver issue. Having read quite a lot of posts in Pi forums I found out that Raspberry engineers acknowledge there is a severe issue with RX flow control of the driver. I wouldn’t expect a quick solution. Pi forum provided me with a workaround that I can live with. By forcing Ethernet interface to 100 Mbit/s it won’t drop frames, doesn’t get clogged and stays alive. First I installed ethtool, then did what someone suggested in Pi forum and added…

Wanted to make sure that reducing to the speed to 100, would help; before getting into how to make it persistent after rebooting.

Thanks Tom.