Subject: Re: Strange network performance
To: None <Geir.I.Jensen@Runit.Sintef.No>
From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/16/1998 10:27:21
At 10:19 AM 9/16/98 , Geir.I.Jensen@Runit.Sintef.No wrote:
>On 16 Sep, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
>> On Sep 16, Geir.I.Jensen@Runit.Sintef.No wrote
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> My network performance is way below what a Linux box collogue of mine
>>> achieves (ok, so its not the same underlying hardware, but...)
>>> 
>>> In normal use, the throughput is under 100KB/sec on a 100Mb channel!
>>> There must be something wrong somewhere. I wrote a script to test the
>>> performance for various packet sizes. The resulting graphs are located
>>> at (I didn't want to bloat the list): 
>>> 
>> 
>> You didn't tell us what driver you use.
>
>Are there several drivers for the DEC based board? I am using the 'de'
>driver (current from late july).

If so, you'll want the latest driver from -current which fixes 
the stalling transmit problem.
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