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Date:      Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:56:47 +0100 (BST)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ingo <ingom-list@freenet.de>
Cc:        freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: network performance problem
Message-ID:  <20060918195616.I25638@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <op.tf27pxuo7fdgru@medion-8800>
References:  <op.tftz7jyl7fdgru@medion-8800> <20060918145122.W1253@fledge.watson.org> <op.tf27pxuo7fdgru@medion-8800>

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On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Ingo wrote:

> heres the output of route get 192.168.0.11:
>
> localhost# route get 192.168.0.11
>  route to: 192.168.0.11
> destination: 192.168.0.0
>      mask: 255.255.255.0
> interface: sis0
>     flags: <UP,DONE,CLONING>
> recvpipe  sendpipe  ssthresh  rtt,msec    rttvar  hopcount      mtu=20
> expire
>      0         0         0         0         0         0      1500       =
-69
>
> I set the lo0 interface as you recommended from 16384 to 1500. Now I have=
=20
> the same thoughput as with the IP (~2.3MB/s).
>
> Shouldn=B4t FreeBSD recognize, that it is it=B4s local address, like open=
bsd=20
> does?

What MTU does OpenBSD use on its loopback interface as compared to the=20
network interface?

Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge

>
>
> Greetings
>
>
> Am 18.09.2006, 15:52 Uhr, schrieb Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>:
>
>>=20
>> On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Ingo wrote:
>>=20
>>> I`ve some problems with the network performance on my Soekris NET 4801.
>>> (Freebsd 6.1 release-p3)
>>>=20
>>> When I start "netio" on the soekris and do a "netio localhost", I get=
=20
>>> about
>>> 8.4 MB/sec, and when I start with "netio 192.168.0.11"(it=B4s localhost
>>> address) I get only ~2.3 MB/sec. That=B4s what top says when I do:
>>=20
>> What does "route get 192.168.0.11" return?
>>=20
>> What happens if you force the localhost MTU from whatever the default is=
=20
>> (most
>> likely 16k) to the same as the ethernet interface?
>>=20
>> Robert N M Watson
>> Computer Laboratory
>> University of Cambridge
>>=20
>>>=20
>>> localhost
>>> CPU states:  2.3% user,  0.0% nice, 72.5% system, 25.2% interrupt,  0.0=
%=20
>>> idle
>>>=20
>>> 192.168.0.11
>>> CPU states:  1.2% user,  0.0% nice, 46.3% system, 52.5% interrupt,  0.0=
%=20
>>> idle
>>>=20
>>> As you can see, the interrupt load is more than doubled when I use the =
Ip
>>> address, and
>>> I=B4ve no idea why.
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> Here are some other throughput results of the soekris:
>>>=20
>>> openbsd# ftp 192.16.8.0.20=092.0 MB/sec
>>> openbsd# iperf localhost 1.4 Mbit/sec
>>> openbsd# iperf 192.168.0.11(it=B4s localhost address) 1.4 Mbit/sec
>>> openbsd# netperf localhost 70MB/sec
>>> openbsd# netperf 192.168.0.11(it=B4s localhost address) 70MB/sec
>>>=20
>>> freebsd# ftp 192.168.0.20  2.3 MB/sec
>>> Freebsd# iperf localhost 45 Mbit/sec
>>> Freebsd# iperf 192.168.0.11 (it=B4s localhost address) 19 Mbit/sec
>>> Freebsd# netperf localhost 67 Mbit/sec
>>> Freebsd# netperf 192.168.0.11 (it=B4s localhost address) 19 Mbit/sec
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> What causes the difference between localhost and the ip address on=20
>>> Freebsd?
>>> On Openbsd there is no diffenerce at all.
>>>=20
>>>=20
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