Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:38:57 +0200 From: Sasa Stupar <sasa@stupar.homelinux.net> To: FreeBSD Q ML <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Speed question Message-ID: <3C323592501835B93F6C6025@[192.168.10.249]> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420510260211s60c52822k5e73afe5405356d4@mail.gmail.com> References: <8635E843F061BEE823D1B9EA@192.168.10.249> <27FECDB04C733DBB84685DAD@192.168.10.249> <cb5206420510260211s60c52822k5e73afe5405356d4@mail.gmail.com>
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--==========156545761A08FF72EDA0========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On 26. oktober 2005 13:11 +0400 "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/26/05, Sasa Stupar <sasa@stupar.homelinux.net> wrote: >> >> >> --On 26. oktober 2005 9:46 +0200 Sasa Stupar <sasa@stupar.homelinux.net> >> wrote: >> >> > Hi! >> > >> > I have on my LAN a server FBSD 5.4 on DMZ. The router is made of linux >> > (yes I'll change it to FBSD ASAP) with 3 NIC: eth0 (inet), eth1 (LAN), >> > eth2 (DMZ). >> > Strange thing is that when server is on DMZ and I access it from the >> > LAN with ftp client my transfer speed is 30 Mbit/s. The network itself >> > is 100 Mbit. BUT if I move server from LAN to DMZ I have the max speed >> > arround 100 Mbit/s. >> > BTW: server in DMZ is connected directly to the NIC on router and on >> > the LAN side I have all users connected on one switch which is >> > connected to the router. >> > >> > Is this normall for all kinds of routers (linux, bsd, etc.) with setup >> > like mine to behave like this or is it just my router setup? >> > >> > Regards, >> > Sasa >> >> Made a mistake in the post: >> >> "BUT if I move server from LAN to DMZ..." >> should be >> "BUT if I move server from DMZ to LAN...# >> >> >> Sasa >> >> > > If you mean that bandwidth between 2 boxes on > one switch is higher than that between 2 boxes > connected to different NICs on some server, then > that's absolutely normal and expected. No server > can match the speed of a Cisco, and no Cisco can > match the speed of a cheap unmanaged switch. > > If you mean that ftp client and ftp server are > connected to different NICs on the router in both > cases (30Mbit and 100Mbit transfers), it is > explainable, because traffic from DMZ to > LAN usually gets a closer look than that > from LAN to LAN. You might or might not get > better performance with FreeBSD as the router. Thank you for the explanation. Sasa --==========156545761A08FF72EDA0========== Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFDX4bxbRpqD1cgKf8RAig9AJ4pol/WKkV87wqpbPrU7Xky8lpalQCg3ub3 UuwAaiKP+7c0jgX8NZNRgos= =ygQq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==========156545761A08FF72EDA0==========--
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