From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 5 16:15:01 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7C9B16A4CE for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 16:15:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp01.wxs.nl (smtp01.wxs.nl [195.121.6.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1F1F43FDD for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 16:14:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from akruijff@www.kruijff.org) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp01.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HNW0036BM0XT1@smtp01.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 06 Nov 2003 01:14:58 +0100 (MET) Received: from Alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kruij557.speed.planet.nl (8.12.8p2/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hA60F2d8018097; Thu, 06 Nov 2003 01:15:02 +0100 (CET envelope-from akruijff@Alex.lan) Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by Alex.lan (8.12.8p2/8.12.8/Submit) id hA60F079018054; Thu, 06 Nov 2003 01:15:01 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 01:15:00 +0100 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: To: silent slim Message-id: <20031106001500.GB1779@dds.nl> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i References: cc: freebsd@anything-inc.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lan bandwidth issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 00:15:02 -0000 On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 04:25:12AM -0700, silent slim wrote: > >From: Alex de Kruijff > >To: silent slim > >CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: Re: lan bandwidth issue > >Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 02:52:47 +0100 > > > >On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 01:13:34PM -0700, silent slim wrote: > >> This has gotta be a software issue... it seems logically impossible for > >> it to be otherwise. I have my windows box running off a nat on my fbsd > >> box, it transmits to my isp at a max of about 160k down 70k up. > >> Transfering files between the two boxes can be done at a max of 1.6M > >down > >> and 130k up. Hense its physcially impossible for it to be a hardware > >> problem. This is all quite annoying as both boxes are connected by > >> > >http://www.startech.com/ststore/itemdetail.cfm?tab=b&ProductID=ST100S&topbar=topbara.htm > >> 10/100 nics and a 50' crossover cable. Anyone have any ideas on what is > >> causing this issue and how it could possibly be resolved? > >> > > > >Right now I don't have much to go on. What problem do you have? > > i'd like the network to go at 100Mbps since both cards could be able too > and the current speeds are laughable. Most network cards still realy heavly on you computer CPU. There for you souldn't expert 10MBps out of it. Secondly, how do you transfer your data? If you use Samba then you should also expect a loss in speed, and you might consider switching to ftp. -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/