On Thu, Jul 30, 1998 at 12:42:11PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 1998 at 11:36:43AM +0200, Geir.I.Jensen@Runit.Sintef.No wrote:
> > of handling that speed. However, the network performance I observe is
> > ridiculous. ftp transfer rates to another directly connected 100Mb
> > machine gives me just around 40KB/s throughput. This number is
> > consistent with other tests I have done (like scp, etc).
> > 
> 
> The 3com boards are known to not work well under NetBSD, because
> the driver doesn't use DMA.

..however, 40KB/s is very slow, and it is unlikely to be be caused by that.
I have seen the maximum performance go from ~10MB/s down to ~6MB/s because
of a suboptimal driver, but 40KB/s..

- Frank