Subject: Re: de/tlp performance problems ?
To: Jeff Rizzo <riz@boogers.sf.ca.us>
From: Andrew Gillham <gillham@vaultron.com>
List: current-users
Date: 08/22/2001 16:33:41
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 04:16:09PM -0700, Jeff Rizzo wrote:
> 
> I've tried both the default 'de' driver match, as well as the 'tlp' driver,
> but the performance on them seems very poor compare to the fxp on the
> motherboard.  I generally use ttcp to measure rough throughput, and
> with a pair of boxes (i810 motherboards, running 1.5.1/i386, though I've
> gotten similar results with -current),  the ttcp test NEVER completes...
> when I look at netstat, only about 1pps is going over the interface.
> The fxp interface gets about 81Mbps from the same boxes, same kernel.

Is the correct media being selected?  e.g. 100/full or whatever?
If you are using auto, have you tested it with manually selected media?

-Andrew