From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 16 23:28:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF92F1065675 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:28:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glavoie@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.228]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86A658FC08 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:28:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glavoie@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so2087358rvf.43 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:28:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type; bh=Xm0ZI6BzfX0IbD3U9/VJZ/1/uzCd163R51SSUGkK8ls=; b=K4Db51aEPxSIvAU4rKuK34UGValLbFR7Po3q4zU+X4sWYSmBv20EdS2V6JQpqSlvJH H8Fy1FbUZAZdqPnOrR8Z5LgjOAy2+i4lNLVNk0kkCMKPkwYFqQiwQa0hlzZLSBros+0v 30NCOqWUV+Lv96qlT0zNFrtAOpVZN+G4a2ci8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=iV+41FwHQm8Ei5cZ3RO1HcKTf9LMjw/fF/JaOT+dmx4OC9+eG7jdQIstLyFO96Y8x+ jfK5i+inANlDSEwtoFXsFdHTkNMLxjftGDgLX/HQamsWt3foPB1GiPR4YsO9zvCmxzPV Qyr9WGuh0agE2FfhXh4xe1Dw9nZ8IhCR2yJNY= Received: by 10.141.180.5 with SMTP id h5mr1878187rvp.238.1226876518870; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:01:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.141.146.8 with HTTP; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:01:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:01:58 -0500 From: "Gabriel Lavoie" To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Realtek 8139 with rl(4) driver -> Poor performance X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:28:02 -0000 Hello, I recently built a new system to use as a home server. This system has an Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200, 4GB RAM and an Asus P5KPL-CM motherboard which has an Atheros L1E network adapter, not yet supported on FreeBSD. For now, I use a Realtek 8139 PCI adapter that uses the rl(4) driver, but the upload performances are really poor (under 1 MB/sec). Is there any way to improve the performance with this driver? This adapter was in a Linux system with a Pentium III processor before and I could upload/download at around 10 MB/sec in my local network with no problem at all. Thanks! -- Gabriel Lavoie glavoie@gmail.com