From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 30 11:32:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [216.240.41.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6A6637B405 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2001 11:32:37 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.11.6/8.9.1) id fBUJWYb13201; Sun, 30 Dec 2001 11:32:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 11:32:34 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <200112301932.fBUJWYb13201@apollo.backplane.com> To: Josef Karthauser Cc: Alexander Haderer , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD performing worse than Linux? 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> <20011230191921.H5642@tao.org.uk> 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 :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 I use cheap 8 and 16-port netgear switches mostly. But even a little 5-port switch may work for you, at least to start, to split your one logical segment into five. -Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message