Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 19:35:17 +0300 (EET DST) From: Petri Helenius <pete@sms.fi> To: Jeffrey Barber <jab@rock.anchorage.net> Cc: "'freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'hackers@FreeBSD.ORG'" <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Very Slow Ethernet Link (FreeBSD v. Linux) Message-ID: <199609171635.TAA14831@silver.sms.fi> In-Reply-To: <01BBA46B.C28E9240@jabpc.rtfm.com> References: <01BBA46B.C28E9240@jabpc.rtfm.com>
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Jeffrey Barber writes: > Thanks for all the responses but still no luck. I had to put linux on the system instead. But I did run a ftp test comparing FreeBSD to Linux. The results: > > Using FreeBSD 2.1.0: > > ftp transfer with freebsd 1927427 bytes @ 4.2e+02 seconds 4.4kb/s > > Removing FreeBSD and Installed Linux 2.0 > > ftp transfer with Linux 1927427 bytes @ 3.05 seconds (6.2e+02 kb/s) Wooo Wooo :) > > Using the exact same configuration and computer, the reults are in the Linux favor by far. > Don't know what the problem was. > You did a ftp to the loopback-address? This is a known problem with the MTU if you did. Set the MTU to 1500 or something more reasonable. Pete
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