Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 10:44:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Dennis Jun <cappy@cr173116-a.etob1.on.wave.home.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 3Com 905B & Windows 98 transfer rates Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008061034230.38015-100000@cr173116-a.etob1.on.wave.home.com>
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Hello! I've recently setup a lan at a friend's place consisting of 3 computers: 1 is FreeBSD (p 100) and 2 are Windows 98 SE (p 200 & p3 450). All of them have the 3Com 905B nics in them and he has a Netgear FS 105 switch 10/100. I tried transfering some files via ftp from each of the computers to each other. When i I transfered from FreeBSD to either of the Windows boxes (or the other way around), I only got about 1MBytes/sec, at best. When I transfered between the 2 Windows boxes, I got about 2MBytes/sec, at best. Now, I know i won't be able to hit 10MBytes/sec even though everything is 100Mb, however, those rates seem low. My Windows friends told me they get around 4-6MBytes/sec. Furthermore, on my own lan, when I transfer between my 2 FreeBSD boxes, I get about 4.5MBytes/sec (both with 3Com 905Bs and Netgear 10/100 switch). Furthermore, it is going at 100Mbit/sec and full duplex. I can see the lights and I checked with ifconfig -a and in control pane with Windows. What am I doing wrong? Anyone have any ideas? Much thanx in advance. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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