Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 04:05:49 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Michel Timmerman <m.timmerman@zeeland.arbounie.nl> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Speed? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010230354220.62267-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <01C03CD0.7F0A00C0.m.timmerman@zeeland.arbounie.nl>
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Michel Timmerman wrote to 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org': > Dear FreeBSD, > > I have got a question about the connection speed with FreeBSD. I recently > installed FreeBSD 4.0 onto my Pentium II 233 system. The system is up and > running and everything seems to work fine, but when I'm at school and do a > telnet session to my FreeBSD system, which is connected to the internet via > cable modem, the connection is very, very slow. I previously used Linux > Slackware 7.1 and the connection was much faster. It probably has something > to do with some configuration settings, or so I hope it does... It is probably *not* a FreeBSD-specific problem, or one that did not exist prior to installing FreeBSD. It may be a configuration problem. Many cable networks are notoriously slow and inconsistent. Perhaps your school network is experiencing problems. Have you objectively ruled out those possibilities? How? Some things you may want to check on the FreeBSD machine: o When you configured the card, ensure that it does not conflict with any other devices in the system. o Did you select the right card type? o What make and model number is your network card? What is the chipset? Is the chipset supported by FreeBSD? o In particular, try running `dmesg | more` In addition, your report is very subjective. "Much faster", and "slow connection speed" don't tell us very much at all. How is it faster? Faster responsiveness, or faster when displaying large listings of text? (in telnet sessions, actual throughput is seldom the problem. Latency plays the biggest role in most people consider "speed"). Have you actually tested latency, throughput, sustainability, and connectivity to the box from school *and other remote locations*? What about outgoing connections? Can you connect another machine to the LAN on a local subnet and test LAN performance? What were the results to all of the above questions? Can you boot into another operating system (perhaps from a floppy, if you've dedicated your entire disk drive(s) to FreeBSD) and verify that the problem does not transfer across platforms? Have you tried another network card? Another network cable? ( Another Internet provider? :-) ) > I hope you can help me out here, or else I will be forced to uninstall > FreeBSD because of the low connection speed. :( Wouldn't it be a shame if you went to the time and expense of putting your next-favorite OS back on the machine and discovered that the problem was there all along ;-) > Kind regards, > > Michel Timmerman, > The Netherlands Hope this helps, Ryan Thompson Canada -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Network Administrator, Accounts Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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