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From: John Dyson <dyson@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: Very Slow Ethernet Link (FreeBSD v. Linux)
To: jmb@freefall.freebsd.org (Jonathan M. Bresler)
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 15:08:18 -0500 (EST)
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In-Reply-To: <199609171939.MAA08743@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Jonathan M. Bresler" at Sep 17, 96 12:39:16 pm
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> 
> Jeffrey Barber wrote:
> > 
> > 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. =
> 
> 	Jeff, you have to provide us some information about your system
> 	in order for us to help you.
> 
> 	if you do not provide information on your system, we must conclude
> 	that you are not interested in trying to solve your configuration
> 	problem.
> 
> 	we routinely get 2.5MB/s (thats bytes, not bits) thru a 100BaseT
> 	ethernet connection from wcarchive.cdrom.com to a core router
> 	on the internet.
BTW, that perf is on a machine doing LOTS of ftp's under signficant load.
That is certainly not a static test of a single ftp (that being a very
degenerate and simple test.)

John