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Date:      Wed, 02 May 2001 21:20:48 EDT
From:      matt payne <mattapayne@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Slow connection speed FBSD->FBSD on same LAN?
Message-ID:  <20010503011828.E62A037B423@hub.freebsd.org>

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Good point. All the more reason to try a different nic altogether, I guess.

Thanks,
Matt

On Wed, 02 May 2001, Sean Peck wrote:
> Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 18:09:32 -0700
> To: Doug Young <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au>
> From: Sean Peck <seanp@loudcloud.com>
> Subject: Re: Slow connection speed FBSD->FBSD on same LAN?
> 
> 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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