Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 02:59:34 +0100 From: "Mark Hughes" <mark@dvdnews.co.uk> To: "Ilya" <mail@krel.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: lan speed Message-ID: <03a201c0f21a$33bd0130$0200a8c0@mark2> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106102120590.37575-100000@musicman.com> <005f01c0f216$2d0553a0$0100a8c0@ilya>
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> Hi. I have win2k box with 100mb card in it, and a Freebsd dual homed box > with 100mb on local interface and 10mb on internet side. > when transfering files from win2k to freebsd i get max 60kb/s throughput, > and 3com 10/100 hub shows load of only 10%. > what can be done to acchive a higher rate? thank you Make sure you set the media type rather than allowing auto-select (the default). In your rc.conf on the freeBSD box, you need, in the ifconfig_xl0 line, media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex and in the properties for your network card on win2k you also should make sure it's set to 100mb and full duplex rather than auto detect. Although it IS connecting at 100mb, the auto detect routines use TONS of bandwidth to check which transport they should be using, cutting the rate right down. I did this with my 10Mbps cards, and the rate went from 150kbps to 7.5mbps. Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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