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Date:      22 Dec 2002 10:12:42 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        Dragoncrest <dragoncrest@voyager.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: half speed on 10/100 nic?
Message-ID:  <44k7i29jf9.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20021222022749.0096ede0@pop.voyager.net>
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Dragoncrest <dragoncrest@voyager.net> writes:

>          You mean are there several connections sharing the same
> bandwidth?  Not normally.  Rarely are there two simultaneous
> connections going.  But when we do connect, we usually hit it hard for
> brief periods of time of 2-5 minutes on most things.  Transfer of
> things across the net via FTP will have it tied up for about 1-2 hours
> from time to time, but that's about it.  That's why it baffles me why
> when I ask for full bandwidth and I am the only one using it I only
> get 50% of max speed.

Let me try asking this again.

If you try more than one connection, simultaneously, how much *total*
bandwidth do you get?  [In other words, is it the link or the TCP
connection that is throttling the bandwidth?]

> At 02:57 PM 12/21/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >Dragoncrest <dragoncrest@voyager.net> writes:
> >
> > >       Hi all.  Got a weird one for ya.  Got a server that's using
> > > Freebsd 4.5 and a Kingston 10/100 nic.  One problem.  I can only get
> > > it to go at half speed.  No matter the link, no matter what speed
> > > setting its set at, I can only get half of the total available speed.
> >
> >Will multiple, separate connections use the total speed?
> 
> 
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