From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 17 12:49:20 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9CCF1533B for ; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 12:48:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by iaces.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA15824; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 14:47:50 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199903172047.OAA15824@iaces.com> Subject: Re: Intel Etherexpress Pro 100B and speed In-Reply-To: from "Eric J. Schwertfeger" at "Mar 17, 99 11:38:13 am" To: ejs@bfd.com (Eric J. Schwertfeger) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 14:47:50 -0600 (CST) Cc: eddiew@raydian.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Eric J. Schwertfeger said: > On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Eddie Wieder wrote: > > > I have FreeBSD 2.2.8 running with an Intel Etherexpress Pro 100B and a > > Linux (ugh) box with the same card, the linux box transfers file via ftp > > faster than the FreeBSD box,  I get about 600Kbps to 2Mbps on the > > FreeBSD and anywhere from 2Mbps to 6Mbps on the linux box. > > ftp speeds over 100BaseT tend to be limited more by HD speed than wire > speed. Are both boxes set up the same hardware otherwise? What are you > transfering? What machine are you using as the other end of the ftp > transfer? > > FYI, I've hit 4MB/sec going from FreeBSD 2.2.8 to Win95. Think when I get > home tonight, I'll do some timing tests dd'ing from /dev/zero on one > machine, through rsh to /dev/null on my other FreeBSD box (can't do it > right now because my server is always on, but my test machine is off right > now. Install the package 'nettest'. You can use it to test speeds of your line. I ported it to FreeBSD. It's an old program from cray. I had a friend who was going to put in on Linux, but I don't know if he ever did. Paul. -- "To get something done, a committe should consist of three people, two of whom are absent." --anonymous To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message