From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Sep 19 07:40:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA05983 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 19 Sep 1996 07:40:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.id.net (mail.id.net [199.125.1.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA05949; Thu, 19 Sep 1996 07:40:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from server.id.net (rls@server.id.net [199.125.1.10]) by mail.id.net (8.7.5/ID-Net) with ESMTP id KAA02961; Thu, 19 Sep 1996 10:43:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rls@localhost) by server.id.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA09105; Thu, 19 Sep 1996 10:40:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Shady Message-Id: <199609191440.KAA09105@server.id.net> Subject: Re: Very Slow Ethernet Link (FreeBSD v. Linux) In-Reply-To: <199609171635.TAA14831@silver.sms.fi> from Petri Helenius at "Sep 17, 96 07:35:17 pm" To: pete@sms.fi (Petri Helenius) Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 10:40:39 -0400 (EDT) Cc: jab@rock.anchorage.net, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> Using FreeBSD 2.1.0: >> >> ftp transfer with freebsd 1927427 bytes @ 4.2e+02 seconds 4.4kb/s >> >> Removing FreeBSD and Installed Linux 2.0 >> >> ftp transfer with Linux 1927427 bytes @ 3.05 seconds (6.2e+02 kb/s) Wooo Wooo :) >> >> Using the exact same configuration and computer, the reults are in the >> Linux favor by far. >> Don't know what the problem was. > You did a ftp to the loopback-address? This is a known problem with > the MTU if you did. Set the MTU to 1500 or something more reasonable. I *HOPE* this wasn't to the loopback address, my tests show ftp> get ids local: ids remote: ids 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for ids (1152582 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 1152582 bytes received in 1.41 seconds (797.68 Kbytes/s) 800KB/second to the loopback on a heavily loaded machine.. -- Rob === _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/ Innovative Data Services Serving South-Eastern Michigan Internet Service Provider / Hardware Sales / Consulting Services Voice: (810)855-0404 / Fax: (810)855-3268 / Web: http://www.id.net