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Subject: Re: 100Mbit network performance - again
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> Hello all!
>
> I remember being able to reach 11-12Mbytes/s between two Win95
> workstations with NE2000 $10 NIC's installed, connected via BNC cable.
> I am now able to reach 11-12Mbytes/s between all kinds of Windows
> 2000/XP machines with all kinds of cheapest 100Mbit ethernet hardware.
>
> But I have never ever exceeded 8-9Mbytes/s between a Windows machine
> and a FreeBSD box - _never_. Be it Samba, different ftp/http servers,
> different FreeBSD versions (4.x/5.x), with ipfw enabled or disabled,
> etc., - the speed always hovers around 7-8Mb/s. I know it's not
> critical, I know I should've upgraded to Gigabit hardware long ago,
> but is there something wrong?
>
> I tried different linux distros, but they all seem to be even slower.
> Wazzup?..
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew P.
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Keep in mind that the Windows TCP/IP window buffers are not optimized the
same way as FBSD or Linux.

Casey