dbolgheroni@uol.com.br (Daniel Bolgheroni) writes:

> Recently, I installed NetBSD on two Macs I have, a Performa 6360 and 9500/120. 
> I don't know if this is the correct list to send this question to, but I 
> think there is no problem.
>
> The problem is that the network between my i386 and any of the macppc machines 
> are very slow. When I connect with one of the macppc machines to i386 FTP, 
> the transfer rate shows not more than 20 KB/s. Even my ADSL connection (256 
> kbps) to Internet is faster.
>
> Just to complete, when I ping a macppc machine, it's OK. But when I ping i386 
> machine from macppc, I get at least 25 % of packet loss.
>
> What's wrong with these speed issues?
> Thank you for helping.

I've had hardware problem with the on-board ethernet interface on my
7300.  I popped in a cheap PCI ethernet card, and all was well.  This
might be worth the effort, especially if you have such a card handy.

-russ