Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 20:07:07 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Alexander Haderer <alexander.haderer@charite.de>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD performing worse than Linux? Message-ID: <20011230200707.A7332@tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <200112301932.fBUJWYb13201@apollo.backplane.com>; from dillon@apollo.backplane.com on Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 11:32:34AM -0800 References: <5.1.0.14.1.20011130181236.00a80160@postamt1.charite.de> <200111302047.fAUKlT811090@apollo.backplane.com> <20011130231802.E99520@tao.org.uk> <200111302345.fAUNjLI27798@apollo.backplane.com> <20011228153330.A11251@tao.org.uk> <200112300644.fBU6iVG10959@apollo.backplane.com> <20011230182612.D5642@tao.org.uk> <200112301917.fBUJHdm13120@apollo.backplane.com> <20011230191921.H5642@tao.org.uk> <200112301932.fBUJWYb13201@apollo.backplane.com>
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On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 11:32:34AM -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :I'll try cutting some of the intermediate infrastructure out and see if
> :that helps.
> :
> :> I recommend replacing the hubs with switches. The whole topology will
> :> be happier.
> :
> :Of course. I've not found a well priced switch though. (on a budget).
> :
> :Thanks for helping me with this. I'll get back once I've reduced the
> :network to something smaller.
> :
> :Joe
>
> I use cheap 8 and 16-port netgear switches mostly. But even a little
> 5-port switch may work for you, at least to start, to split your one
> logical segment into five.
There's not a lot of traffic on this side of the network, so hubs aren't
too bad.
Ok, this is the topology:
laptop ---- [upstairs 10base hub]-----[Downstairs 10base hub] -----|
|
DSL ~~~~~~[Alcatel Router] ----- [FXP server FXP] -----|
I get the same problem if I plug the laptop directly into the downstairs
hub, and also if I plug it into the router (which has four hub ports on
it). The server is configured as an ethernet bridging firewall.
I think that it is extremely unlikely that the network infrastructure is
failing in the same way when I plug into three different parts of it.
Also, I didn't used to have this problem even with the came cabling.
Joe
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