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Date:      Mon, 16 Sep 1996 12:19:47 -0400
From:      "Matthew A. Gessner" <mgessner@aristar.com>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
Cc:        Jeffrey Barber <jab@rock.anchorage.net>, "'freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org>, "'hackers@FreeBSD.ORG'" <hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Enough (was Re: Very Slow Ethernet Link)
Message-ID:  <323D7E23.31DFF4F5@aristar.com>
References:  <01BBA3A2.11B93340@jabpc.rtfm.com> <199609161554.JAA02862@rocky.mt.sri.com>

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Nate Williams wrote:
> 
> Jeffrey Barber writes:
> > Ok, I just installed FreeBSD 2.1 and boy this is slow, Example:
> >
> > bash$ ping localhost
> >
> > PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
> > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.356 ms
> 
> vs.
> 
> > On my Linux box I get a ping response of:
> >
> > PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
> > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.1 ms
> 
> Hmm, it looks like the Linux box is about 3X slower than FreeBSD.  I'm
> not sure, but in my math class .1 ms is faster than 1ms.
> 
> Nate
Hey, all, by this time, he probably got the hint.
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