Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 12:14:44 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@iaces.com> To: gstrock@dpc.com (greg strockbine) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TCP/IP stack - win98 vs FreeBSD Message-ID: <199904071714.MAA28830@iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <370B846F.88E73AE8@dpc.com> from greg strockbine at "Apr 7, 99 09:14:39 am"
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In a previous message, greg strockbine said: > I don't know if its my imagination or what, > but it seems to me that pages appear a lot > faster in netscape running under FreeBSD than > under win98 (I made sure pages weren't cached). > > Some one told me this is because the win98 TCP/IP > stack is slow. Is this so? I was told in a Firewall-1 class that the NT ip stack was only 35% efficient and that Solaris (at least on sun hardware) was somewhere in the 90% range. I'm going to guess that FreeBSD is nearer the top of the efficiency range. > of course it doesn't hurt to have a DSL connection. > I am so happy with it, paying $50/month instead > of $20 isn't even an issue any more, the speed is > worth it. I have DSL on my desk at work since I do some support for it. I wish I could get it at home. > This is my first experience running any Unix on my home > pc. For a developer its pretty nice, very easy to > install one of the ported apps. But for an ordinary > end user its not turnkey enough. > > - greg strockbine > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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