Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 08:16:28 +1000 (EST) From: Steve Baxter <steve@pipenetworks.com> To: "matthew c. mead" <mmead@goof.com> Cc: <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Linux and FreeBSD poor network performance Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0212220814310.12158-100000@internal.pipenetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <20021221165745.A67089@goof.com>
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Check out the duplex setting on the ethernet ports. Use 'ifconfig' and 'netstat -I dev -w 1' on FreeBSD and 'ifconfig', 'mii-tool' and 'cat /proc/net/dev' on Linux Any sort of errors may lead to this sort of behaviour. You need to match the hosts to the switch port they are connected to. SB > I have a Linux box and FreeBSD box sitting on a 100Mbit ethernet > segment that cannot seem to talk to one another faster than > 150K/s. I've been using scp, ftp, http, to test this. > > A Windows box on the same segment can send/receive at 6MB/s with > either box, but for some reason the FreeBSD box and Linux box > are having some weird interaction. My guess is I need to tune > one or the other's tcp stack. Any hints? Anyone seen this? > > FreeBSD box is FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p2. Linux box is Gentoo Linux > 1.4rc1 with kernel 2.4.19-gentoo-r10. Windows box is Windows > 2000 sp3. > > Thanks in advance for any help... I'm out of ideas. > > > -matt > > -- Stephen Baxter Director - PIPE Networks phone : 07 3220 1100/ 0417 818 695 fax : 07 3220 1800 ______________________________________ PIPE Networks/IX Services Australia disclaimer The above email should be read in conjunction with our standard disclaimer/terms which can be found at : http://www.pipenetworks.com/docs/disclaimer.htm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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