Daniel McBrearty wrote: > Then I can see the page on the linux guest (the dev m/c), on > the host it appears but is VERY slow if I ask for it by ip address, > but no problem when I just ask for localhost on the dev m/c. (WIth > lighty there is noticeable delay.) > > Anyhow, whatever the problem is it doesn't seem to be cat, but some > odd ubuntu/vmware thing. I don't see why cat server would be slow > binding to 192.168.1.202 but not localhost though. > guest-to-host bridged networking on vmware can be very slow, it's something to do with the ethernet interface getting confused about receiving packets that haven't actually come through the NIC.
If you turn off TSO, TX and/or RX checking on the host machine, the speed improves dramatically, in my experience. I'm not sure if there could be any nasty side-effects, I've never noticed anything myself. Matt _______________________________________________ List: [email protected] Listinfo: http://lists.rawmode.org/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
