From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 18 18:15:14 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA23745 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 18:15:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA23603 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 18:15:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt4-202.HiWAAY.net [208.166.127.202]) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with ESMTP id UAA03753; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:15:04 -0600 (CST) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.9.2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA05000; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:36:39 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Message-Id: <199901190136.TAA05000@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Admin cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: slow ethernet In-reply-to: Message from Admin of "Mon, 18 Jan 1999 13:26:44 CST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:36:39 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Admin writes: > Ok, i have a freebsd server set up, and whenever i do a ftp into it, over > a 10 mbps ethernet connection, all the faster i can get it to download at > is around 600kbps what do i have to do to speed this up?? If you mean 600k bits per second, then you have a problem. If you mean 600k bytes per second then that may just be as good as it gets. 400k or so was the best I could get out of an NE2000 on a 486DX33 w/ 8MB thru two routers. Same path these days with faster CPU's yeilds 600k or a little better. SGI O2 to FreeBSD P-133 runs about 750k to 850k/sec thru an http://www.onsale.com $39.96 8 port 10baseT hub. As others have asked, "what are the conditions?" For starters: -) what CPU, speed, memory, and FreeBSD version on your server? -) what are you connecting with? What ethernet card does it use? -) how large is the benchmark file? -) network: a remote hub with wires in the walls? a direct conection to the client? a flea market $20 hub under the table? any routers? Sometimes the output from netstat gives a clue: nospam: {1009} netstat -i Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Coll fxp0 1500 00.90.27.0d.e3.94 772882 0 504593 0 12 fxp0 1500 10.1.1/24 n4hhe.ampr.org 772882 0 504593 0 12 fxp0 1500 atalk:0-65534 65280.210 772882 0 504593 0 12 lp0* 1500 0 0 0 0 0 tun0* 1500 0 0 0 0 0 sl0* 552 0 0 0 0 0 ppp0* 1500 5264 0 5733 0 0 lo0 16384 7357 0 7357 0 0 lo0 16384 127 localhost 7357 0 7357 0 0 lo0 16384 atalk:0 0.0 7357 0 7357 0 0 nospam: {1010} That's interesting. 12 collisions on a dedicated wire (crossed wires, essentially an ethernet null-modem) with no hub. This link could be running full duplex but I don't know how to tell the Mac how. :-) -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message