From owner-freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Tue Oct 27 03:17:40 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08D45A1E548 for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2015 03:17:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roy@net-vantage.com) Received: from fantasia.lunarpages.com (fantasia.lunarpages.com [67.210.124.90]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E60221049 for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2015 03:17:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roy@net-vantage.com) Received: from mobile-107-107-61-179.mycingular.net ([107.107.61.179]:41153 helo=[192.168.2.107]) by fantasia.lunarpages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Zqtsn-0000TH-12 for freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2015 19:21:05 -0700 Subject: Re: Slowness with Virtualbox To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org References: <20151026212657.GB1478@elch.exwg.net> From: RA Cohen X-Opacus-Archived: none Message-ID: <562EDF93.9000604@net-vantage.com> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 22:21:07 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - fantasia.lunarpages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - net-vantage.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 03:17:40 -0000 Is your DNS resolving properly? ssh and probably scp all check for useable dns and then time out but could give appearance of very slow startup ... On 10/26/2015 06:04 PM, Christer Solskogen wrote: > On 26.10.2015 22.26, Christoph Moench-Tegeder wrote: > >> At least for some kernel versions of a Linux guest, the situation >> improved when I set the NIC-type to "virtio" (instead of whatever >> emulated hardware the default was). >> > > With CentOS6 that's the one that gives me the badest results. Almost > 200kb/s :/ - The thing is that I think the network slowness is just a > symptom of something else. > -- 413-223-9007 opt 1 www.net-vantage.com Our Mission: "Providing the same technology advantages enjoyed by large organizations to small and medium-sized businesses, professional practices, schools, and non-profits, at a realistic and practical cost."