From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 22 11:32:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 408B537B401 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 11:32:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc03.attbi.com (sccrmhc03.attbi.com [204.127.202.63]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64C8C43ED8 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 11:32:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com[24.147.188.198]) by sccrmhc03.attbi.com (sccrmhc03) with ESMTP id <2002122219324800300lp3eoe>; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 19:32:48 +0000 Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.147.188.198] (may be forged)) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBMJWlQc024657; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 14:32:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBMJWlmD024654; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 14:32:47 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f To: Dragoncrest Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: half speed on 10/100 nic? References: <4.2.0.58.20021222022749.0096ede0@pop.voyager.net> <4.2.0.58.20021221130400.009d3800@pop.voyager.net> <4.2.0.58.20021221130400.009d3800@pop.voyager.net> <4.2.0.58.20021222022749.0096ede0@pop.voyager.net> <4.2.0.58.20021222130505.0096eae0@pop.voyager.net> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 22 Dec 2002 14:32:46 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20021222130505.0096eae0@pop.voyager.net> Message-ID: <44n0mx7std.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dragoncrest writes: > >Let me try asking this again. > > > >If you try more than one connection, simultaneously, how much *total* > >bandwidth do you get? [In other words, is it the link or the TCP > >connection that is throttling the bandwidth?] > > If I do multiple connections, all I get is a maximum of > 45mbps internal lan, or 360kbps via my 740kbps external DSL link. So > no matter how many I have, one connection or 20, the maximum I can > pull is 50% of the maximum speed available to me on any link or > connection. Oh, right, a third possibility I didn't mention: looks like it's the router and not either link. Check for errors (or even collisions) on the interfaces while the transfer is happening, and also see what kind of CPU load you're getting from NATD under pressure. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message