Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:59:05 -0700 From: casey <casey@phantombsd.org> To: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 100Mbit network performance - again Message-ID: <42E71499.3030708@phantombsd.org> In-Reply-To: <cb520642050726164619ee35bd@mail.gmail.com> References: <cb52064205072616005af207a8@mail.gmail.com> <25096.199.181.134.212.1122420447.squirrel@mail.phantombsd.org> <cb520642050726164619ee35bd@mail.gmail.com>
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Andrew P. wrote: >On 7/27/05, Casey Scott <casey@phantombsd.org> wrote: > > >>>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. >>>_______________________________________________ >>>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >>> >>Keep in mind that the Windows TCP/IP window buffers are not optimized the >>same way as FBSD or Linux. >> >>Casey >> >> >> >> >No doubt about that. Any thoughts about how to make them communicate >more effectively? > >Personally, I don't think it's just window buffers. I think the whole >darn TCP/IP stack misconfiguration plus maybe not perfect NIC drivers >are the reason for underperformance. I know that most of the real >"mistakes" must be on the Windows side, but that's not an excuse for >FreeBSD/Linux to not be at least 99%-Windows-networking-compatible. > >Andrew P. > > Your best would be google for that. Its been so long ago, that I don't remember anything useful. Sorry, Casey
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