From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 28 12:45:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA12491 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 28 Nov 1996 12:45:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from print.gfmurray.com ([207.6.88.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA12486 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 1996 12:45:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from client3.gfmurray.com (client3.gfmurray.com [207.6.88.13]) by print.gfmurray.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA28741 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 1996 12:46:17 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19961128204517.0069c948@print.gfmurray.com> X-Sender: tim@print.gfmurray.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 12:45:17 -0800 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Tim Baird Subject: Re: tcp/ip on ethernet problem Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 11:46 PM 11/27/96 -0500, you wrote: >>Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 23:44:55 -0500 >>To: Tim Baird >>From: Guy Silliman >>Subject: Re: tcp/ip on ethernet problem >> >>At 03:53 PM 11/27/96 -0800, you wrote: >> >>>NT box? When you say that it "works fine", what do you mean? Are referring >>>to the TCP/IP performance between the NT box and the gateway, or are you >>>talking about other protocols used between hosts connected via the same hub >>>(ie. IPX/SPX, NetBEUI) >>> >>>If you are talking about other protocols -- say IPX, the windowing >>>capability of IPX is much more forgiving in a 1/2 duplex situation... >>> >>>What about the TCP/IP performance between the NT box and the FBSD box? >>> >> >> I am talkin pure tcp/ip stuff...the nt box can access the internet >through the gate without any trouble... it is to be a proxy server once it >is all set up, but for now it is just a machine sitting there. If I ping >the .254 gate from the nt box I get immediate and consistant replies. What is the ping/ftp/whatever performance between the NT box and the FBSD box? Are you able to swap the ethernet cards between these two boxes and compare? >> >>Guy >> > > > Tim Baird Dominus Fecit "The Lord Made" Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my employer etc. etc