> 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 > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >
Keep in mind that the Windows TCP/IP window buffers are not optimized the same way as FBSD or Linux. Casey _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
