From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Nov 1 22:35:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA03493 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 1 Nov 1997 22:35:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from srv.net (snake.srv.net [199.104.81.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA03488 for ; Sat, 1 Nov 1997 22:35:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cmott@srv.net) Received: from darkstar.home (dialin1.anlw.anl.gov [141.221.254.101]) by srv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA17356 for ; Sat, 1 Nov 1997 23:35:35 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 23:35:00 -0700 (MST) From: Charles Mott X-Sender: cmott@darkstar.home To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WaveLAN tuning In-Reply-To: <199711020558.QAA00345@word.smith.net.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > However, with my point-point link (I am using two directional antennae > > over a distance), I am dropping about 8-10% of packets. This causes > > erratic behavior, presumably because of TCP backoff. What is the best > > way to tune this so that you get optimal performance? Any other tips? > > Have you run ptpdiag over the link to check the basic characteristics > therof? It sounds like you're suffering from some 'real' link quality > problems that no amount of tuning can help you with. Are there other > units in the vicinity? > > mike > What and where is ptpdiag? It sounds interesting, but I can't locate it on the FreeBSD 2.2.2 distribution CD. Charles Mott