On Mon, 09 May 2005 19:03:26 +0300 Sergiu - IT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi, guys ! > I have a small network at home and I noticed something curious... When I > try to copy from one computer to another (the transfer is made through > the server - without a switch), the bandwidth is very low, about 2Mb/s. > Does anyone know why ? Another thing is that the bandwidth from the > server or from one of the "home" computers to the "outside" LAN is very > low too, about 700Kb/s up to 1.5Mb/s. Does anyone know why is that ? > Here is what ifconfig shows me : > > ------------------------------------- [ifconfig] > > xl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > options=8<VLAN_MTU> > inet 172.17.53.39 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 172.17.255.255 > inet 195.225.67.97 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 195.225.67.111 > ether 00:10:4b:24:5f:f0 > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > status: active > fxp0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > options=8<VLAN_MTU> > inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > ether 00:d0:b7:0b:57:e4 > media: Ethernet autoselect (none) > status: no carrier > fxp1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > options=8<VLAN_MTU> > inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > ether 00:d0:b7:2b:9e:9d > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > status: active > plip0: flags=108810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > > ------------------------------------- > > An the machine info... > > ------------------------------------- [uname -a] > > FreeBSD sergiu-it.tarnita.net 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #1: Mon > Apr 4 19:08:47 EEST 2005 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/server i386 > > ------------------------------------- > > xl0 is the NIC connected to the "outside world", fxp0 and fxp1 are > connected to two computers that I have in separate rooms at home. I > don't know if it's important, but I use ipfw and natd to give access to > "home" computers to the "outise world". 1. Cabling; do you loose any packets between the computers ? Is netstat telling anything interesting ? 2. What protocol do you use? Any difference between ftp, nfs and smbfs? -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"