Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 12:37:01 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Jeffrey Barber <jab@rock.anchorage.net> Cc: "'freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org>, "'hackers@FreeBSD.ORG'" <hackers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Very Slow Ethernet Link Message-ID: <323DAC5D.ABD322C@whistle.com> References: <01BBA3A2.11B93340@jabpc.rtfm.com>
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Jeffrey Barber wrote: > > Ok, I just installed FreeBSD 2.1 and boy this is slow, Example: OK for a start your FreeBSD times are approximatly 1/3 the times of the linux ones.. 0.3mS vs 1mS secondly, pinging the loopback interface doesn't test the ethernet as the packet never goes anywhere NEAR the ethernet. thirdly, if the ethernet is slow, and you haven't showed that it is, you need to give your hardware configuration. maybe FreeBSD is configured for the wrong interrupt.. that tends to make it slow.. lastly, 2.1 is way old.. you should install 2.1.5 becasue 2.1 is hard to support as everyone has moved on. > > 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 > 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 > > --- localhost.arctic.net ping statistics --- > 6 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 0% packet loss > round-trip min/avg/max = 0.342/0.349/0.362 ms > > bash$ ifconfig -a > > lp0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > ep0: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX> mtu 1500 > inet 19.51.13.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 19.51.13.255 > lo0: flags=8009<UP,LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552 > tun0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > 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 > 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 > > Big difference here. Please shed some light on this for me. > > TIA
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