From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Feb 1 2:47:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from polaris.we.lc.ehu.es (polaris.we.lc.ehu.es [158.227.6.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F284237B416 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 02:47:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es (v-ger [158.227.6.51]) by polaris.we.lc.ehu.es (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g11Al5X12914; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 11:47:05 +0100 (MET) Received: (from jose@localhost) by v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g11Albf01113; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 11:47:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jose) Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 11:47:37 +0100 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" To: Peter Jeremy Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: TCP problems in 4.5-STABLE Message-ID: <20020201114737.D230@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es> Mail-Followup-To: Peter Jeremy , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org References: <20020201103619.A54287@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020201103619.A54287@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>; from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au on Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 10:36:20AM +1100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 10:36:20AM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: > I've recently run into a problem that looks suspiciously similar to > the one that Matt fixed at the beginning of December last year. > > The symptoms are that when transferring (using scp) a large file, the > throughput drops to 10-20kBps. The transfer starts out at full speed > and will slow down after a random time and doesn't seem to recover. I > originally noticed the problem with -STABLE from around Xmas, but > having just upgraded to -STABLE as of a couple of hours ago, the > problem still exists. I can also confirm these symptoms, but I am seeing them only while connected from home via modem/PPP. It happens with scp, but also with fetch, for example. However, I was not sure about the cause of the problem, because we have a transparent proxy. But after reading your message, now I think that this problem is related to FreeBSD; moreover, I think that the problem manifests itself when both endpoints are running FreeBSD. I also noticed the first symptoms about mid-December. I am using the same machine (a laptop) at work (Ethernet) and at home (modem/user-ppp). Everything seems to work fine while connected to the LAN; the slowdown problems only happen while connected from home. I'll try to do some tests using net/tcpflow. -- ****** Jose M. Alcaide // jose@we.lc.ehu.es // jmas@FreeBSD.org ****** ** "Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers" -- Leonard Brandwein ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message