From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 9 16:26:43 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5FFD16A4E8 for ; Mon, 9 May 2005 16:26:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from relay.rdsnet.ro (gimli.rdsnet.ro [193.231.236.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 40C1643D7C for ; Mon, 9 May 2005 16:26:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from itetcu@apropo.ro) Received: (qmail 29314 invoked from network); 9 May 2005 16:19:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.rdsnet.ro) (62.231.74.130) by smtp1-133.rdsnet.ro with SMTP; 9 May 2005 16:19:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 7222 invoked by uid 89); 9 May 2005 16:39:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO buh.cameradicommercio.ro) (82.76.1.117) by 0 with SMTP; 9 May 2005 16:39:39 -0000 Received: from buh.cameradicommercio.ro (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by buh.cameradicommercio.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E5BA6146; Mon, 9 May 2005 19:26:40 +0300 (EEST) Received: from it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro [192.168.0.10]) by buh.cameradicommercio.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP; Mon, 9 May 2005 19:26:40 +0300 (EEST) Received: from it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (localhost.buh.tecnik93.com [127.0.0.1]) by it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5304111A; Mon, 9 May 2005 19:27:41 +0300 (EEST) Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 19:27:40 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: Sergiu - IT Message-ID: <20050509192740.514a171d@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <427F89CE.7070600@acasa.ro> References: <427F89CE.7070600@acasa.ro> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AV-Checked: on buh by ClamAV using ClamSMTP cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Low bandwidth X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 16:26:44 -0000 On Mon, 09 May 2005 19:03:26 +0300 Sergiu - IT wrote: > > Hi, guys ! > I have a small network at home and I noticed something curious... When I > try to copy from one computer to another (the transfer is made through > the server - without a switch), the bandwidth is very low, about 2Mb/s. > Does anyone know why ? Another thing is that the bandwidth from the > server or from one of the "home" computers to the "outside" LAN is very > low too, about 700Kb/s up to 1.5Mb/s. Does anyone know why is that ? > Here is what ifconfig shows me : > > ------------------------------------- [ifconfig] > > xl0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > options=8 > inet 172.17.53.39 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 172.17.255.255 > inet 195.225.67.97 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 195.225.67.111 > ether 00:10:4b:24:5f:f0 > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) > status: active > fxp0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > options=8 > inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > ether 00:d0:b7:0b:57:e4 > media: Ethernet autoselect (none) > status: no carrier > fxp1: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > options=8 > inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > ether 00:d0:b7:2b:9e:9d > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) > status: active > plip0: flags=108810 mtu 1500 > lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > > ------------------------------------- > > An the machine info... > > ------------------------------------- [uname -a] > > FreeBSD sergiu-it.tarnita.net 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #1: Mon > Apr 4 19:08:47 EEST 2005 > root@sergiu-it.tarnita.net:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/server i386 > > ------------------------------------- > > xl0 is the NIC connected to the "outside world", fxp0 and fxp1 are > connected to two computers that I have in separate rooms at home. I > don't know if it's important, but I use ipfw and natd to give access to > "home" computers to the "outise world". 1. Cabling; do you loose any packets between the computers ? Is netstat telling anything interesting ? 2. What protocol do you use? Any difference between ftp, nfs and smbfs? -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"