From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Sep 16 09:54:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA16578 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 16 Sep 1996 09:54:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA16573 for ; Mon, 16 Sep 1996 09:54:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id CAA26362; Tue, 17 Sep 1996 02:24:20 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199609161654.CAA26362@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Very Slow Ethernet Link To: jab@rock.anchorage.net (Jeffrey Barber) Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 02:24:19 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <01BBA3A2.11B93340@jabpc.rtfm.com> from "Jeffrey Barber" at Sep 16, 96 07:38:33 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jeffrey Barber stands accused of saying: > > Ok, I just installed FreeBSD 2.1 and boy this is slow, Example: Firstly, please note that 2.1 is more than half a year old. 2.1.5 contains significant improvements and is generally worth the effort. > bash$ ping localhost > > PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.356 ms ... > On my Linux box I get a ping response of: > > PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.1 ms ... > Big difference here. Please shed some light on this for me. Linux networking is slower contemplating its navel? You can't read decimal numbers? How should I know? Talking over the loopback interface basically tells you very little; if you get down and dirty with the BSD box, you'll find that it's often better than 3x faster like above... > TIA -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[