From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 29 18:43:48 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84CB71065694 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:43:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lab@gta.com) Received: from mailgate.gta.com (mailgate.gta.com [199.120.225.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F0D5C8FC13 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:43:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 79028 invoked by uid 1000); 29 Oct 2010 18:17:06 -0000 Date: 29 Oct 2010 18:17:06 -0000 Message-ID: <20101029181706.79027.qmail@mailgate.gta.com> From: Larry Baird To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Organization: Global Technology Associates In-Reply-To: <110929.14152.74663@localhost> User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.3-PRERELEASE (i386)) Cc: ??????? ??????? Subject: Re: Polling slows down bandwidth X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:43:48 -0000 Also make sure kern.polling.idle_poll is enabled. By default it is disabled. This makes a big difference in polling throughput. Larry -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Larry Baird | http://www.gta.com Global Technology Associates, Inc. | Orlando, FL Email: lab@gta.com | TEL 407-380-0220, FAX 407-380-6080