Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 20:33:28 +0200 (EET) From: Petri Helenius <pete@sms.fi> To: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> Cc: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, dg@root.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fxp0 and full duplex Message-ID: <199711011833.UAA00692@silver.sms.fi> In-Reply-To: <199711010835.AAA08688@MindBender.serv.net> References: <199711010803.KAA14082@silver.sms.fi> <199711010835.AAA08688@MindBender.serv.net>
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Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com writes: > > >With OS's with good IP stacks, like FreeBSD and some of the other > >unixen, you usually hit the second packet in a window coming in with > >first reply packet. That accounts for about 1% collisions even with > >fairly low speeds. Downgrading to any M$ OS would "fix" the problem. > > Do you know, for a fact, that MS IP stacks (from Win95 thru NT Server) > are significantly less efficient than the BSD variety? Or are you > just slamming MS for the hell of it? > While FreeBSD with P166 can easily fill a 100Mbps pipe, same hardware running NT or 95 comes up to around 30-45Mbps. There are multiple independent studies available on the web to confirm this story, with FreeBSD, Solaris x86, etc... Pete
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