Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 15:58:57 -0400 From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) To: "Hr.Ladavac" <lada@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very Slow Ethernet Link (FreeBSD v. Linux) Message-ID: <199609171958.PAA26541@etinc.com>
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>E-mail message from Jeffrey Barber contained: >> 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. > >This is usually symptomatic for a misconfigured 3com509 where the kernel >does not receive the interrupts (and then it times out and sends a packet >per second.) > >Under FreeBSD these cards have been known to achieve >1000 KB/s, >*iff* correctly configured (i.e. PnP turned off, interrupts on the channel >where the kernel expects them, no irq conflicts, that sort of things.) > >/Marino C'mon now! You can't expect him to do all that, can you? really, an ne2000 on freebsd is faster than a 3com on LINUX! db
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