From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Sep 16 14:16:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from barra.domain.com.br (barra.domain.com.br [200.196.128.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FA4B14E02 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 1999 14:16:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jfassad@domain.com.br) Received: from domain.com.br (200.196.135.254) by barra.domain.com.br (NPlex 4.0.024); Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:17:41 -0300 Message-ID: <37E13571.10E1323E@domain.com.br> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:22:41 +0000 From: Joao Assad X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Schwartz , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: off-topic : optic fiber problem References: <000001bf0084$e897d190$021d85d1@youwant.to> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org David Schwartz wrote: > 4Kb is awfully large for an Ethernet packet. It can cause all kinds of > problems for your network stack. Why not set an MTU of 1500 bytes? > > DS > my MTU is 1500 right now and I still have over 25% of packet loss. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Joao Assad > > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:49 AM > > To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: off-topic : optic fiber problem > > > > > > Hello all! > > > > Im having some problems here trying to connect two networks with an > > optic fiber cable... > > Its a very simple connection.... I have a 400ft optic cable with 1 > > 100-BaseFX to 100-BaseTX > > trasceiver in each end. then I connect 1 computer in each transceiver > > and try to send some data... > > now, whats happening is that little packets go through just fine but > > when I try to send big > > packets (like 4kb) I have over 25% packet loss... I'have tryed to send a > > 10mb file through > > FTP and ended up with 6kb/sec. > > > > any idea about what might be causing that ? > > > > thanks a lot. > > > > -- > > _____ _ _ _ _ _ > > | __ \ ___ | \_/ | ___ (_)| \ | | João Assad > > | | \ |/ _ \| _ |/ _ \| || \| | Depto de Operações > > | |__/ | <_> | | | | <_| | || |\ | ---------PSINet--------- > > |_____/ \___/|_| |_|\__,_|_||_| \_| http://www.domain.com.br > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > -- _____ _ _ _ _ _ | __ \ ___ | \_/ | ___ (_)| \ | | João Assad | | \ |/ _ \| _ |/ _ \| || \| | Depto de Operações | |__/ | <_> | | | | <_| | || |\ | ---------PSINet--------- |_____/ \___/|_| |_|\__,_|_||_| \_| http://www.domain.com.br To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message