[ ... ]I've not tried the ping but I'm seeing exceptionally poor performance on G4s to FreeBSD. The G4's can ftp to each other at about 8-9MB/sec, as can the FreeBSDs. They are on a Cisco 2948 switch. But ftp from BSD to G4 is in the order of 20-40KB/sec while G4 to FreeBSD is about 1/2 that.
And I have NO problems with pings. Just data transfer.
Your description sounds a lot like a duplex mismatch. Cisco switches and Macs sometimes mess up autonegotiation; I've seen the same happen with Sun hardware as well. If you get a chance, try manually configuring both the switch port and the Mac NIC to 100/HD rather than using auto.
[ Yes, you should be able to test them explicitly configured for full-duplex, too, but testing at half-duplex is appropriate to confirm or deny my guess. ]
If that doesn't buy you anything, try using "ping -i 0.01 -s 1400..." to send large packets rather than tiny ones, and take a look at your port statistics on the switch for errors, and whether "netstat -i" shows something interesting.
-- -Chuck
PS: My apologies if "diagnosing FreeBSD network problems" is off-topic to those who are interested in "coding network-related parts of FreeBSD". On the other hand, coercing developers to look at usability issues every once in a while can be beneficial to all concerned. :-)
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