Subject: Re: SS20 network performance
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/17/2002 21:50:56
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 01:29:04PM +0300, Tomi Nylund wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm having a strange performance problem with a SparcStation 20
> regarding packet forwarding.
> The machine in question is equipped with two hme's in 100-FDX mode,
> running ipfilter.
> 
> Now, the maximum throughput I've been able to achieve, is 2.57MB/s,
> measured using wget to pull a large (>500 MB) file from one side of the
> firewall to another.

Did you try to run 'systat vm' while doing the transfer, and see how the
CPU is used ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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