From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 6 19:42:17 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id TAA04032 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 Feb 1995 19:42:17 -0800 Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id TAA04024 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 1995 19:42:13 -0800 Received: from corbin.Root.COM (corbin.Root.COM [198.145.90.18]) by Root.COM (8.6.8/8.6.5) with ESMTP id TAA27936; Mon, 6 Feb 1995 19:42:04 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by corbin.Root.COM (8.6.9/8.6.5) with SMTP id TAA00772; Mon, 6 Feb 1995 19:42:04 -0800 Message-Id: <199502070342.TAA00772@corbin.Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: corbin.Root.COM: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Andreas Johansson cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Trouble sending via TCP In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 07 Feb 95 04:34:24 +0100." <199502070334.EAA03788@taurus.ludd.luth.se> From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1995 19:42:02 -0800 Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I'm getting a similar problem with FreeBSD-current, ftp:ed >src.doc.ic.ac.uk one week and a half ago perhaps. I'm using a 486/SX-25 with >4Mb ram (yeck), an Etherlink 16 card connected directly to Internet via our >campusnet. Etherlink 16? What driver does this use? >OK, the problem: > >I get serious trouble when ftp:ing files FROM the FreeBSD machine, typically >5kb/sec against very fast machines. Receiving files to the FreeBSD machine >works ok -- I have recieved files at >800k/s. I suspect the card/driver. If this is a 3c501, then the solution to the problem is clear: get a different card. It only has space for either a receive packet or a send packet, but not both (in other words, it's a piece of junk that has no chance of working well). I think the 3c505 has similar problems dealing with the real world. -DG