From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 27 16:26:14 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51BC116A41F for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:26:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chrcoluk@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1B3943D46 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:26:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chrcoluk@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 70so218962wra for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:26:10 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Bc8a9Mn+Smb3U5LlrHFNN9HCwJYBWnsKFUbpw55fSa8pB/fsd8E7pA/s5dGNxcYGDdr4XwVyBtHakhnhxvhIkIdGO74eTj5Nrf/8/EwEQeE59O5dPYpSEYKKXUgfW18VMgphzOBWrlPki+hjv9zGsJi/OKLv5gMjSIKniUqKTCQ= Received: by 10.54.120.4 with SMTP id s4mr401550wrc; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:26:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.113.3 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:26:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3aaaa3a050727092618c84914@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 17:26:10 +0100 From: Chris To: martin hudec In-Reply-To: <20050727105936.GA97664@amber.aeternal.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <491A44A6-1409-4D9E-AEFD-2B8665D52BA7@gmail.com> <20050727105936.GA97664@amber.aeternal.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 100Mbit network performance - again X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Chris List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:26:14 -0000 I have diff experience, I get around 7500kB/sec max windows to windows using realtek, and freebsd can get the same but uses less cpu in doing so, I put it down to realtek just been poor and the FreeBSD and windows drivers not been great, I have seen both windows and FreeBSD handle higher transfer rates with better quality network cards, if performance is essential for your network then invest in good hardware. Chris On 27/07/05, martin hudec wrote: > Hello, >=20 > On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 03:13:50AM +0400 or thereabouts, Andrew P. wrote: > > Erm, well 60+Mbytes is no wonder in a Gigabit environment (and it is > > too much of a wonder in a FastEthernet one), but I'm interested in > > getting 100Mbit hardware to work at full speed. >=20 > If I take that your "NE2000 $10 NIC's" is what you call 100Mbit > hardware, then.. would you mind if I ask: what do you expect more from > such $10-harware other than just to flicker and to eat electric current? >=20 > Use *real* 100Mbit hardware please :). BTW I have same performance > with my sis900/rl8139 NIC's. >=20 > cheers, > Martin >=20 > -- > martin hudec >=20 >=20 > * 421 907 303 393 > * corwin@aeternal.net > * http://www.aeternal.net >=20 > "Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible > exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws." >=20 > Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" >=20 >=20 >