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Date:      Wed, 07 Apr 1999 11:45:47 -0700
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        "Christopher J. Michaels" <cjm2@earthling.net>
Cc:        "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Odd network performance via fxp0 
Message-ID:  <199904071845.LAA16965@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Apr 1999 14:26:59 EDT." <000401be8124$3a4a34a0$6400000a@maxpower.weeble.dyndns.org> 

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>Hello,
> I have an intel ethernet express pro/100 in my FreeBSD 2.2.8 machine using
>fxp0.  When I try and perform ftp transfers between that machine and the
>other machines on my lan, I have some odd results.
>FTP gets perform 5 to 10 times faster then ftp puts.  This isn't just ftp, I
>have similar problems with other protocals as well.
>
>An example of sending/receiving several 5mb files turned out with these
>numbers.
> To the FreeBSD machine -> ~400KB/sec
> From the FreeBSD machine -> 1100KB/sec
>
>Can anyone give me ideas with this?

   The first thing to check is the duplex setting - make sure the setting
on FreeBSD matches the setting on the switch (or is half duplex if connected
to a hub). Also, the above numbers suggest that you're connecting at just
10Mbps.

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org
Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com


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