From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 16 11:32:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA25681 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 16 Sep 1996 11:32:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (root@mexico.brainstorm.eu.org [193.56.58.253]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA25670 for ; Mon, 16 Sep 1996 11:32:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (brasil.brainstorm.eu.org [193.56.58.33]) by mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA03772 for ; Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:32:42 +0200 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) with UUCP id UAA12307 for hackers@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:32:28 +0200 Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.8.Beta.1/keltia-uucp-2.9) id UAA02735; Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:30:05 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199609161830.UAA02735@keltia.freenix.fr> Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:30:04 +0200 From: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) To: hackers@freebsd.org ('hackers@FreeBSD.ORG') Subject: Re: Very Slow Ethernet Link In-Reply-To: <01BBA3A2.11B93340@jabpc.rtfm.com>; from Jeffrey Barber on Sep 16, 1996 7:38:33 -0800 References: <01BBA3A2.11B93340@jabpc.rtfm.com> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.43g Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT ctm#2443 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [please try to avoid crossposting between hackers and other lists] According to Jeffrey Barber: > Ok, I just installed FreeBSD 2.1 and boy this is slow, Example: [FreeBSD 2.1.0] > 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 > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.342 ms > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.362 ms > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=0.349 ms [Linux] > 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 > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.9 ms > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.9 ms > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=1.0 ms What am I missing ? From the numbers you gave us, the FreeBSD machine is 3 times *faster* than the Linux one for localhost ??? Anyway, localhost doesn't use ethernet at all. It is all handled into the kernel, packets from/to 127.0.0.1 don't go over the wire... -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 2.2-CURRENT #21: Sun Sep 8 14:35:00 MET DST 1996