Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 19:09:49 +0300 (EET DST) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Jeffrey Barber <jab@rock.anchorage.net> Cc: "'hackers@FreeBSD.ORG'" <hackers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Very Slow Ethernet Link Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960916190549.17965B-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <01BBA3A2.11B93340@jabpc.rtfm.com>
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-hardware removed from the cc: list On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, Jeffrey Barber wrote: > Ok, I just installed FreeBSD 2.1 and boy this is slow, Example: Hmm... 2.1 is not te latest release - 2.1.5 is out some time already. > > 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 > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.342 ms > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.362 ms > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=0.349 ms > Slow? I wouldn't call it too slow. > --- localhost.arctic.net ping statistics --- > 6 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 0% packet loss > round-trip min/avg/max = 0.342/0.349/0.362 ms > > bash$ ifconfig -a > > lp0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > ep0: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX> mtu 1500 > inet 19.51.13.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 19.51.13.255 > lo0: flags=8009<UP,LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552 > tun0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > > 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 > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.9 ms > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.9 ms > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=1.0 ms > > Big difference here. Please shed some light on this for me. Sure. The linux box is around 3 times slower (3x0.3=0.9). And yes, this I would surely call slow. Were the test made on the same machine? What was the version of Linux? Sander > > TIA > >
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