From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 19 14:25:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA06429 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 14:25:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oxmail2.ox.ac.uk (oxmail2.ox.ac.uk [163.1.2.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA06419 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 14:25:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xserver.sjc.ox.ac.uk by oxmail2 with SMTP (PP); Tue, 19 Aug 1997 22:25:09 +0100 Received: by xserver.sjc.ox.ac.uk (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0x0vlu-0013uVC; Tue, 19 Aug 97 22:25 BST Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 22:25:02 +0100 (BST) From: Adam Sandman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Network speed problems with FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dear Sir/Madam I recently installed FreeBSD on a 486DX2 with a NE2000 compatible ethernet card. The computer had functioned correctly under linux, but under FreeBSD the network access is unbearably slow. The netword interface ed1 appears correctly on bootup, and looks fine after an ifconfig, although it has the SIMPLEX flag set (is that ok?). During bootp, it virtually hangs when asked to invoke routed, and all subsequent net operations are painfully slow! I have recompiled the kernel to only use the devices in the computer and to optimise the settings, but it works no better than when under GENERIC! in this regard, so the problem lies elsewhere I presume? If you have any ideas, they'd be gratefully received! Thanks Adam. ------------------------------------------------------ Adam Sandman Tel: +1 617-876-2302 (home) 516 Green Street #3A +1 508-741-5300 (work) Cambridge MA 02139 http://users.ox.ac.uk/~sjoh0018 ------------------------------------------------------ "You do what you do best, not what it's best to do..." Martin Amis 1988.