Can Erkin Acar wrote: > Melameth, Daniel D. wrote: > > I've looked into this further and still cannot determine where the > > issue lies. Based on some advice, I unplugged the OpenBSD machine > > and setup a Windows XP machine instead. The Windows native PPPoE > > client was able to download at 5.5Mb/s and the OpenBSD machine was > > still stuck at 1.5Mb/s. > > My ADSL connection where I do my testing is only 256Kb, so I set up a > second OpenBSD machine on the same LAN as a pppoe server and did some > tests. > > I get almost the same performance with or without pppoe. > ie. up to 70Mbps, after increasing the socket buffer size in iperf. > > This is -current, so Marco's comments about idle loop may also apply. > > Note that, if debugging is turned on, it would not go above 1.5Mb/s, > due to excessive amount of logging, make sure that you do not somehow > turn debug on by default.
It is definitely not on by default. > Another thing to try would be to replace your ethernet card. > The xl(4) said to be quite crappy. Prior to migrating to DSL, this same card was used for a cable connection and doing more than 1.5Mb/s.
