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Date:      Wed, 02 May 2001 18:09:32 -0700
From:      Sean Peck <seanp@loudcloud.com>
To:        Doug Young <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au>
Cc:        mattapayne@yahoo.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Slow connection speed FBSD->FBSD on same LAN?
Message-ID:  <3AF0AFCC.419C2D06@loudcloud.com>
References:  <20010502215233.6A5A237B43C@hub.freebsd.org> <017401c0d353$69e53830$0300a8c0@oracle>

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This could also be from a duplexing/speed issue where the card is talking a
different speed that the hub/switch.  This will cause insane slowness and lost
data as well.

Doug Young wrote:

> Do you have one of those poxridden el junko / generic / Realtek network
> cards on either machine ?? Thats one of their specialities. Another issue
> thats caused similar woes here is stuffed-up DNS & not having correct
> listings in /etc/hosts
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "matt payne" <mattapayne@yahoo.com>
> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 7:54 AM
> Subject: Slow connection speed FBSD->FBSD on same LAN?
>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm running 4.3-Stable on my desktop and 4.3-Release on my server.
> >
> > Here's the problem: Any transfers between my computer and the server are
> > insanely
> > slow. That includes scp, ftp and http. For example, to access the small
> > webpage I'm working on (~56K), takes at least 1 min. and sometimes more.
> > The http server is Apache.
> >
> > Here's the weird part: I also have 2 windows machines connected to this
> LAN
> > and for them, speed is as it should be....including ftp and http speeds.
> >
> > The server is an AMD K6-2-300 w/32mb ram. Not much, I know, but it should
> > be sufficient for the tasks of running natd/ipf and a web server, no?
> >
> > My computer and the others on the LAN can access and download from the net
> > normally. The problem is only between the 2 bsd boxes.
> >
> > I've tried changing nics in both machines as well as changing the ip of my
> > computer as well as the port it plugs into on the hub. Nothing.....
> >
> > Anyone want to take a shot?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Matt
> >
> >
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