On 7/27/05, Casey Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > No doubt about that. Any thoughts about how to make them communicate more effectively?
Personally, I don't think it's just window buffers. I think the whole darn TCP/IP stack misconfiguration plus maybe not perfect NIC drivers are the reason for underperformance. I know that most of the real "mistakes" must be on the Windows side, but that's not an excuse for FreeBSD/Linux to not be at least 99%-Windows-networking-compatible. Andrew P. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"