Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:32:32 -0800 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@FreeBSD.org> To: Kevin Stevens <kevin_stevens@pursued-with.net> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suffering from poor network performance... Message-ID: <20031217043232.GC82802@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <38E6743A-3044-11D8-B24B-000A959CEE6A@pursued-with.net> References: <2B766ABB-3027-11D8-A624-000A95775140@battleface.com> <DB9B6109-3030-11D8-AB9B-003065ABFD92@mac.com> <38E6743A-3044-11D8-B24B-000A959CEE6A@pursued-with.net>
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[ this isn't really -net material ] On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 07:50:57PM -0800, Kevin Stevens wrote: > >First, Barney was correct: using "ping -f" will run into the ICMP > >response limitation. Try using "ping -i 0.01 _hostname_", instead, > >and you may find out that you don't have a problem with packet loss at > >all at this lower speed. > > I wish I had a FreeBSD box to check this on, but from an OS X G5 to an > Athlon WinXP box (both at 100% CPU from distribfolding client: which is completely irrelevant because your winxp machine doesn't have the aforementioned icmp response limiter. > That's through a cheap Gb switch. Just a data point. ... albiet a useless one. [ SECURE !1 ]$ sudo ping -f choker.corp PING choker.corp.yahoo.com (216.145.52.228): 56 data bytes .............................................................^C --- choker.corp.yahoo.com ping statistics --- 459 packets transmitted, 398 packets received, 13% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.221/0.227/0.302/0.010 ms $ dmesg | tail -1 (~) Limiting icmp ping response from 246 to 200 packets/sec [choker.corp(ttyq0)-fumerola Tue16Dec/20:27:57] [ SECURE !4 ]$ sudo sysctl net.inet.icmp.icmplim=0 net.inet.icmp.icmplim: 200 -> 0 [scurvy.corp(ttyp1)-fumerola Tue16Dec/20:28:19] [ SECURE !3 ]$ sudo ping -f -c 10000 choker.corp PING choker.corp.yahoo.com (216.145.52.228): 56 data bytes .. --- choker.corp.yahoo.com ping statistics --- 10000 packets transmitted, 10000 packets received, 0% packet loss -- - bill fumerola / fumerola@yahoo-inc.com / billf@FreeBSD.org
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