Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 19:59:40 +0000 () From: "Jeffrey D. Dean " <news@jd-unix.wpafb.af.mil> To: Jeremy Noetzelman <jeremyn@mailgate.asymetrix.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Incredibly slow ethernet performance. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951105195813.5752A-100000@jd-unix.wpafb.af.mil> In-Reply-To: <309D2EE9@mailgate.asymetrix.com>
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On Sun, 5 Nov 1995, Jeremy Noetzelman wrote: > > I've got a 486/33 running FreeBSD 2.0.5, with a 3Com 3C509 Ethernet card. > I'm connected to a 10MBit ethernet segment. > > I'm getting absolutely pitiful network performance. Ping times to my other > desktop machine, a Windows NT box, on the same segment, are averaging about > 1000ms. I can ping a SparcStation on a different segment with roughly the > same response times. Ping times from my NT box to the Sparc are under 10ms. > > I've recompiled the kernal removing the SLIP/PPP stuff, and the drivers for > devices I don't have, but that failed to improve performance any. What IRQ are you using? IRQ3 is common for 3com cards -BUT That is what COM2 (ttyd1) uses. Maybe they are sharing the same irq which would explain the slow response? Jeff > > If anyone can help me, I'd appreciate it. > > Jeremy Noetzelman > jeremyn@asymetrix.com > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= - Jeffrey D. Dean SrA - - Computer Technician / Programmer - - Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio - - root@jd-unix.wpafb.af.mil - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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