Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 11:33:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> To: brdean@unx.sas.com (Brian Dean) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysinstall network performance Message-ID: <199907281533.LAA14694@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> In-Reply-To: <199907281524.LAA61875@dean.pc.sas.com> from "Brian Dean" at Jul 28, 99 11:24:34 am
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Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Brian Dean had to walk into mine and say: > Hi, > > During recent installs using the 7/26 snap, I noticed that the > transfer rate for the "ports" distribution was about twice as fast as > SNAPs from the beginning of the month. Previously I was seeing a > download rate of around 13 KB/s, while now I'm seeing around 28 KB/s > (while these rates may sound horrrendous, it's typical of what we get > when installing ports - other distributions generally hit upwards of > about 800 KB/s). > > I was wondering what to attribute this better performance to. Could > this be due to the new network driver / newbus integration? Well, since you didn't tell us what kind of network card(s) you have, that's impossible to say. -Bill -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ============================================================================= "It is not I who am crazy; it is I who am mad!" - Ren Hoek, "Space Madness" ============================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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