From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 22 7:12:51 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 826F637B401 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 07:12:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51.attbi.com [204.127.198.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE37A43ED8 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 07:12:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com[24.147.188.198]) by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51) with ESMTP id <20021222151249051006itsce>; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 15:12:49 +0000 Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.147.188.198] (may be forged)) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBMFCmQc019204; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 10:12:48 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBMFCgJD019201; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 10:12:42 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f To: Dragoncrest Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: half speed on 10/100 nic? References: <4.2.0.58.20021221130400.009d3800@pop.voyager.net> <4.2.0.58.20021221130400.009d3800@pop.voyager.net> <4.2.0.58.20021222022749.0096ede0@pop.voyager.net> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 22 Dec 2002 10:12:42 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20021222022749.0096ede0@pop.voyager.net> Message-ID: <44k7i29jf9.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 31 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dragoncrest writes: > You mean are there several connections sharing the same > bandwidth? Not normally. Rarely are there two simultaneous > connections going. But when we do connect, we usually hit it hard for > brief periods of time of 2-5 minutes on most things. Transfer of > things across the net via FTP will have it tied up for about 1-2 hours > from time to time, but that's about it. That's why it baffles me why > when I ask for full bandwidth and I am the only one using it I only > get 50% of max speed. Let me try asking this again. If you try more than one connection, simultaneously, how much *total* bandwidth do you get? [In other words, is it the link or the TCP connection that is throttling the bandwidth?] > At 02:57 PM 12/21/02 -0500, you wrote: > >Dragoncrest writes: > > > > > Hi all. Got a weird one for ya. Got a server that's using > > > Freebsd 4.5 and a Kingston 10/100 nic. One problem. I can only get > > > it to go at half speed. No matter the link, no matter what speed > > > setting its set at, I can only get half of the total available speed. > > > >Will multiple, separate connections use the total speed? > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message