From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 30 11:19:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from tao.org.uk (genius.tao.org.uk [212.135.162.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 261BD37B405 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2001 11:19:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by tao.org.uk (Postfix, from userid 100) id A1DD9232; Sun, 30 Dec 2001 19:19:21 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 19:19:21 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser To: Matthew Dillon Cc: Alexander Haderer , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD performing worse than Linux? Message-ID: <20011230191921.H5642@tao.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Josef Karthauser , Matthew Dillon , Alexander Haderer , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG References: <15364.38174.938500.946169@caddis.yogotech.com> <20011128104629.A43642@walton.maths.tcd.ie> <5.1.0.14.1.20011130181236.00a80160@postamt1.charite.de> <200111302047.fAUKlT811090@apollo.backplane.com> <20011130231802.E99520@tao.org.uk> <200111302345.fAUNjLI27798@apollo.backplane.com> <20011228153330.A11251@tao.org.uk> <200112300644.fBU6iVG10959@apollo.backplane.com> <20011230182612.D5642@tao.org.uk> <200112301917.fBUJHdm13120@apollo.backplane.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="RwGu8mu1E+uYXPWP" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200112301917.fBUJHdm13120@apollo.backplane.com>; from dillon@apollo.backplane.com on Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 11:17:39AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --RwGu8mu1E+uYXPWP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 11:17:39AM -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote: =20 > I think there may be a problem with your hub setup (e.g. exceeding the > hub count or end-to-end length limitations) that is either resulting > in packet loss, or the packet burst is locking up the ethernet long > enough to cause a timeout. The problem looks very much like an > unrecognized collision to me.=20 I'll try cutting some of the intermediate infrastructure out and see if that helps. > I recommend replacing the hubs with switches. The whole topology will > be happier. Of course. I've not found a well priced switch though. (on a budget). Thanks for helping me with this. I'll get back once I've reduced the network to something smaller. Joe --RwGu8mu1E+uYXPWP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjwvaLkACgkQXVIcjOaxUBZQ0gCcC1+SpuM9rs48MuSPRJC5J5Bq L1gAn23PdM1K9wWPjsYfhnRHbGuprkz1 =ETPK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RwGu8mu1E+uYXPWP-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message