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Date:      Tue, 17 Sep 1996 19:35:17 +0300 (EET DST)
From:      Petri Helenius <pete@sms.fi>
To:        Jeffrey Barber <jab@rock.anchorage.net>
Cc:        "'freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'hackers@FreeBSD.ORG'" <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Very Slow Ethernet Link (FreeBSD v. Linux)
Message-ID:  <199609171635.TAA14831@silver.sms.fi>
In-Reply-To: <01BBA46B.C28E9240@jabpc.rtfm.com>
References:  <01BBA46B.C28E9240@jabpc.rtfm.com>

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Jeffrey Barber writes:
 > 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. The results:
 > 
 > Using FreeBSD 2.1.0:
 > 
 > ftp transfer with freebsd 1927427 bytes @ 4.2e+02 seconds 4.4kb/s
 > 
 > Removing FreeBSD and Installed Linux 2.0
 > 
 > ftp transfer with Linux    1927427 bytes @  3.05 seconds (6.2e+02 kb/s) Wooo Wooo :)
 > 
 > Using the exact same configuration and computer, the reults are in the Linux favor by far.
 > Don't know what the problem was.
 > 
You did a ftp to the loopback-address? This is a known problem with
the MTU if you did. Set the MTU to 1500 or something more reasonable.

Pete



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