Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 05:10:02 -0800 (PST) From: G Muthukumar <kmuthu@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/23192: FTP REALLY slow on internal NIC aswel (12kb/s) Message-ID: <200111261310.fAQDA2d09591@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: G Muthukumar <kmuthu@hotmail.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, oliver@n2mail.com,
tburns@ualberta.ca
Cc:
Subject: Re: conf/23192: FTP REALLY slow on internal NIC aswel (12kb/s)
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:18:27 +0530
Hi there,
I am submitting a follow up for this problem since I too faced this
problem. I was running FreeBSD 4.3 when I first observed this problem.
Thinking that this could be a problem with 4.3, I upgraded to 4.4 but it
was of no use.
I have two more OS's on the same machine and I get a transfer rate
of 700-800 KB/s in an ftp transfer (all to the same machine) anytime I
start the transfer. With FreeBSD it was very very poor (12-15 KB/s and
it was slightly better [150KB/s ] when I 'put' the file). Needless to
say, I was disappointed since I was running FreeBSD for a long time.
I am happy now. Guess what? This seems to be a problem with the LAN
driver or its interaction with TCP/IP. My NIC was Realtek RTL 8139A.
Since I wanted to submit a PR, I tested with different machines & NICs
to give enough details. When I changed my NIC to COMPEX RL100 ATX,
the problem went away.
I don't think there is any problem with the NIC itself since the
transfer rate was very good in win98 & linux on the same machine.
Looking at Taavi Burns's config (r8139), I can say that my guess is
correct.
Taavi:
Can you try replacing the NIC & see?
FreeBSD development team:
Can the problem associated with the rl dirver be fixed asap?
Thanks,
Muthu
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