From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 27 20:46:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA05563 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 27 Nov 1996 20:46:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.ptd.net (qmailr@ns1.ptd.net [198.80.46.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA05556 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 1996 20:46:20 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 12782 invoked by uid 0); 28 Nov 1996 04:46:18 -0000 Received: from cs2-11.cli.ptd.net (HELO workstation-1) (204.186.33.27) by postoffice.ptd.net with SMTP; 28 Nov 1996 04:46:17 -0000 Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19961128044619.0071db80@postoffice.ptd.net> X-Sender: mgpr@postoffice.ptd.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 23:46:19 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Guy Silliman Subject: Re: tcp/ip on ethernet problem Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 23:44:55 -0500 >To: Tim Baird >From: Guy Silliman >Subject: Re: tcp/ip on ethernet problem > >At 03:53 PM 11/27/96 -0800, you wrote: > >>NT box? When you say that it "works fine", what do you mean? Are referring >>to the TCP/IP performance between the NT box and the gateway, or are you >>talking about other protocols used between hosts connected via the same hub >>(ie. IPX/SPX, NetBEUI) >> >>If you are talking about other protocols -- say IPX, the windowing >>capability of IPX is much more forgiving in a 1/2 duplex situation... >> >>What about the TCP/IP performance between the NT box and the FBSD box? >> > > I am talkin pure tcp/ip stuff...the nt box can access the internet through the gate without any trouble... it is to be a proxy server once it is all set up, but for now it is just a machine sitting there. If I ping the .254 gate from the nt box I get immediate and consistant replies. > >Guy >