Re: Performance issues with natd

2002-09-26 Thread David Kelly
On Thursday 26 September 2002 08:02 am, Vallo Kallaste wrote: > > All that said, even old (16bit)NE2000 clone will easily sustain > 800+kB/s on my old 133Mhz Pentium with CPU load 20% or so. 400kB/s > versus 100kB/s throughput difference in this particular case isn't > matter of 3Com vs. Via NIC,

Re: Performance issues with natd

2002-09-26 Thread Vallo Kallaste
On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 05:08:03PM -0500, David Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thing to try is to invert the functions of vr0 and xl0. > > Another Good Thing To Try is to read man pages and source code on the > devices you are using. This is found in /usr/src/sys/pci/if_vr.c: > > * >

Re: Performance issues with natd

2002-09-25 Thread Charles Pelletier
dy Swanson'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 4:55 PM Subject: RE: Performance issues with natd > On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Kenneth Culver wrote: > > > > I agree with the hardware diagnosis. I have almost the same setup

Re: Performance issues with natd

2002-09-25 Thread David Kelly
On Wednesday 25 September 2002 05:21 pm, Kenneth Culver wrote: [...] > > All that said, it wouldn't hurt to try to use ipfilter or something > like that... that would avoid any extra money being spent if it > solves the problem (I doubt that it will but it might). It would be very easy to swap in

Re: Performance issues with natd

2002-09-25 Thread Kenneth Culver
> > I just setup a 4.6.2 machine locally on my network at home to replace an > > aging Linux NAT box I had going. Clients behind the new box can only get > > 100k/sec downloads while clients behind the old Linux box (running ipchains) > > get 400k/sec+ downloads off the same cable modem. Locally o

RE: Performance issues with natd

2002-09-25 Thread Kenneth Culver
> Yeh, but is he downloading from the same place with every test? > To be honest, you should be testing the performace across a > reliable link that doesn't change. This way you can tell if it is > related to the machine versus it being an upstream network > problem/

Re: Performance issues with natd

2002-09-25 Thread David Kelly
On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 03:02:47PM -0300, Cody Swanson wrote: > Hello all, > > I just setup a 4.6.2 machine locally on my network at home to replace an > aging Linux NAT box I had going. Clients behind the new box can only get > 100k/sec downloads while clients behind the old Linux box (running i

RE: Performance issues with natd

2002-09-25 Thread Nick Rogness
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Kenneth Culver wrote: > > I agree with the hardware diagnosis. I have almost the same setup on a > > nat box that I run, and everything works perfectly. I get good transfer > > speeds, and I use two 3c905b cards from 3com. I would say check and > > re-check your hardware. Goo

RE: Performance issues with natd

2002-09-25 Thread Kenneth Culver
> I agree with the hardware diagnosis. I have almost the same setup on a > nat box that I run, and everything works perfectly. I get good transfer > speeds, and I use two 3c905b cards from 3com. I would say check and > re-check your hardware. Good luck. I don't think I agree, he's getting 400 KB/

Re: Performance issues with natd

2002-09-25 Thread Kenneth Culver
> I just setup a 4.6.2 machine locally on my network at home to replace an > aging Linux NAT box I had going. Clients behind the new box can only get > 100k/sec downloads while clients behind the old Linux box (running > ipchains) get 400k/sec+ downloads off the same cable modem. Locally on > the

RE: Performance issues with natd

2002-09-25 Thread Andy Knapp
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 2:11 PM To: Cody Swanson Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Performance issues with natd it is not necessarily a NATD issue. your setup looks fine. the cards, however, are not exactly new

Re: Performance issues with natd

2002-09-25 Thread fozekizer
it is not necessarily a NATD issue. your setup looks fine. the cards, however, are not exactly new. might wanna check your hardware. if not your hardware, then maybe someone here can give you a way to improve the transfer rate but i really think it has most to do with your hardware. > Hell

Performance issues with natd

2002-09-25 Thread Cody Swanson
Hello all, I just setup a 4.6.2 machine locally on my network at home to replace an aging Linux NAT box I had going. Clients behind the new box can only get 100k/sec downloads while clients behind the old Linux box (running ipchains) get 400k/sec+ downloads off the same cable modem. Locally on th