Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:39:48 -0800 From: Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Could any port be sucking up bandwidth? Message-ID: <20110126073948.GF27690@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20110126064936.GA7273@thought.org> References: <20110126064936.GA7273@thought.org>
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On Tue 25 Jan 2011 at 22:49:40 PST Gary Kline wrote: >Guys, > >Before the 11th of January I was streaming both audio and video >streams with little to zero wait time. In other words, I could >stream about 50 minutes of audio with only a second or two of pause >time delay [[AKA congestion]]. After that date there was a steep >decline in streaming performance and I went at upgrading my server >with a vengeance to see if that fixed things. Upgrading my 700 >ports only led to other things breaking. I am wondering if anyone >else in North America has a DSL connection and has seen the kind of >degradation in performance after doing (something) to their FreeBSD >servers. > >I have around 1Mb down and 864Kb up ... according to the telco. Any >ideas will be much appreciated. This kind of random fishing expedition is unlikely to succeed. You need to take a more methodical approach to the problem. Luckily, Kris Kennaway did a presentation a while ago that teaches you the *right* way to fish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfb5_uG7BCA Learn what diagnostic tools are available, where they're appropriate, and how to use them.
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