From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 17 11:38:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from horst.bfd.com (horst.bfd.com [12.9.219.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D26F1535F for ; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 11:38:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ejs@bfd.com) Received: from HARLIE.bfd.com (bastion.bfd.com [12.9.219.14]) by horst.bfd.com (8.9.2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA44709; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 11:38:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ejs@bfd.com) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 11:38:13 -0800 (PST) From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" To: Eddie Wieder Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: Intel Etherexpress Pro 100B and speed In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Eddie Wieder wrote: > I have FreeBSD 2.2.8 running with an Intel Etherexpress Pro 100B and a > Linux (ugh) box with the same card, the linux box transfers file via ftp > faster than the FreeBSD box,=A0 I get about 600Kbps to 2Mbps on the > FreeBSD and anywhere from 2Mbps to 6Mbps on the linux box. ftp speeds over 100BaseT tend to be limited more by HD speed than wire speed. Are both boxes set up the same hardware otherwise? What are you transfering? What machine are you using as the other end of the ftp transfer? FYI, I've hit 4MB/sec going from FreeBSD 2.2.8 to Win95. Think when I get home tonight, I'll do some timing tests dd'ing from /dev/zero on one machine, through rsh to /dev/null on my other FreeBSD box (can't do it right now because my server is always on, but my test machine is off right now. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message