Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:17:01 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com> To: "Norbert Papke" <fbsd-ml@scrapper.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help! FreeBSD: 88.78 KBps, Linux: 624.95 KBps Message-ID: <499c70c0707110117y2fb8b28we0699b95c962ed77@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200707101731.38231.fbsd-ml@scrapper.ca> References: <469393CC.9070802@broadpark.no> <200707101731.38231.fbsd-ml@scrapper.ca>
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On 7/11/07, Norbert Papke <fbsd-ml@scrapper.ca> wrote: > On July 10, 2007, Kyrre Nygård wrote: > > Hello. > > > > My friend is switching to Linux because FreeBSD is failing on him. > > > > When downloading a file from a FreeBSD box and a Linux box on the same > > network, the FreeBSD box got 88.78 KBps whereas the Linux got 624.95 > > Kbps. I have no idea what's wrong, but my man isn't really into good > > information design (e.g. taking something complex and making it easy), > > so his system is a mess. Maybe some of you can help me locate where the > > problem's at? > > Are we comparing apples to oranges? > > 88.78 KBps (kilo bytes per second) = 710.24 Kbps (kilo bits per second) > > If this is true, then the FreeBSD box is faster :) > > Cheers. Hahaha! Nice catch Norbert, and good reading eyes ;) -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/
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