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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!convex!uunet!ihz.compuserve.com!sam From: sam@csi.compuserve.com (Sam Neely) Subject: Re: [NetBSD] Rotten Ethernet performance [wd8003e + 1542C] Message-ID: <C7M9pE.8I9@csi.compuserve.com> Organization: CompuServe Incorporated References: <explorer.738387190@tbird.cc.iastate.edu> Date: Wed, 26 May 1993 04:27:13 GMT Lines: 19 In article <explorer.738387190@tbird.cc.iastate.edu> explorer@iastate.edu (Michael Graff) writes: >I have a 386dx system with 4M ram, an Adaptec 1542C card with a ST1480 hd, and >a wd8003e 8-bit card. > >I get ftp speeds of a little over 1k/sec -- rotten speeds. The SCSI drive >screams along -- no problems there. > >When I ping another machine across the room, I get > 6 second times... I >don't have an ethernet snooper I can drag home, but I suspect either the wd >card/driver is holding outgoing packets or holding incoming ones. Could you be taking errors on your ethernet? Try doing a 'netstat -i' and see if your Ierrs or Oerrs are increasing. If they are, then you've got a cable or ethernet card that might be flakey. -- Sam Neely, CompuServe Incorporated +1 614 538 3718 (voice) 5000 Arlington Centre Blvd, Columbus, OH 43220 +1 614 457 0348 (FAX) Electronic Mail: InfoPlex: >CSI:SAM Internet: sam@csi.compuserve.com To err is human, to forgive is against company policy