Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 02:24:19 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jab@rock.anchorage.net (Jeffrey Barber) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Very Slow Ethernet Link Message-ID: <199609161654.CAA26362@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <01BBA3A2.11B93340@jabpc.rtfm.com> from "Jeffrey Barber" at Sep 16, 96 07:38:33 am
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Jeffrey Barber stands accused of saying: > > Ok, I just installed FreeBSD 2.1 and boy this is slow, Example: Firstly, please note that 2.1 is more than half a year old. 2.1.5 contains significant improvements and is generally worth the effort. > 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 ... > 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 ... > Big difference here. Please shed some light on this for me. Linux networking is slower contemplating its navel? You can't read decimal numbers? How should I know? Talking over the loopback interface basically tells you very little; if you get down and dirty with the BSD box, you'll find that it's often better than 3x faster like above... > TIA -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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