From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 8 19:09:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA28963 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 19:09:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gamefish.pcola.gulf.net (gamefish.pcola.gulf.net [198.69.72.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA28958 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 19:09:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net) Received: from localhost (psalzman@localhost) by gamefish.pcola.gulf.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id DAA05745; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 03:09:18 GMT (envelope-from psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net) Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 03:09:18 +0000 (GMT) From: Phillip Salzman To: SnowFox cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SLOW ethernet send... In-Reply-To: <021001be0b7e$03ae6c20$4a2ca4cd@yellow.newtoy.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 8 Nov 1998, SnowFox wrote: > I've got a 2.2.7-RELEASE box with a generic NE2000 card. > > For some reason, sending is really slow; approx 120-130k/sec on an FTP file, > perhaps even slower on POP. Sending is fast, however. What type of cable do you have on it? Is it coax? Coax is really slow. Recieving should be faster than sending, as NE2000's are not the best card. I recieved pretty good rates (900k/sec) when I had a pair of Realtek PCI NE2000 clones. > FTP transmissions happen in small bursts at very regular intervals - about > 3/4 sec apart Check your MTU, are there collisions? > > Any clues as to what could be causing this? Bad wire? WHat brand is it? -- Phillip Salzman "Shall I share my brain? No, said the dwarf." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message