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Subject: Re: TCP/IP stack - win98 vs FreeBSD
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
> 
> 
> 
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