On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 1:08 AM Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote: > > On 2020-10-04, Amarendra Godbole <amarendra.godb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 1. config #1: MacBook - Linksys WRT1200AC - xfinity cable modem > > (speed: ~210 Mbits/s down, 6 Mbits/s up) > > 2. config #2: MacBook - Linksys WRT1200AC - Ubiquiti ERL - xfinity > > cable modem (speed: ~90 MBits down, 6 Mbits/s up) > > 3. config #3 (Line speed): MacBook wired to cable modem (~230 Mbits/s > > down, ~8 Mbits/s up). > > > cnmac0 1600 <Link> a8:28:dc:cc:2e:6f 56088774 0 22283491 2688 > > 0 > > cnmac1 1600 <Link> 78:8a:20:46:a8:c1 23646497 4 56569853 48 > > 0 > > cnmac2 1600 <Link> 78:8a:20:46:a8:c2 14823 0 226198 226198 > > 0 > > bridge0 1500 <Link> 23187238 0 57022219 0 > > 0 > > Since "netlivelocks" is increasing, network performance will be impacted. > > Is it any better if you don't use bridge/vether, just use the cnmac interface > directly?
Yes indeed! I used cnmac directly, and saw an improvement in download speed -- from ~90 Mbits/s it jumped to ~120 Mbits/s, and upload speed increased as well from ~5 Mbits/s to ~7 Mbits/sec. > Is it any better with a snapshot? (at present these haven't gone past > 6.8 yet so you can still upgrade easily from there to release - just check > to make sure it says "6.8" not "6.8-current" in the version number) > I'll try upgrading to snapshot in the next "maintenance window" (typically Sunday mornings when the household is quiet). :-) Thanks for the pointers. -Amarendra
