--- On Sat, 2/6/10, Claudio Jeker <cje...@diehard.n-r-g.com> wrote: > From: Claudio Jeker <cje...@diehard.n-r-g.com> > Subject: Re: Download rate and sysctl settings > To: misc@openbsd.org > Received: Saturday, February 6, 2010, 9:12 AM > On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 01:27:12PM > +0100, Sebastiano Pomata wrote: > > Il 06/02/10 03:55, Stuart Henderson ha scritto: > > >> I really can understand this, for the sake of > system portability and so > > >> on. Anyway, I really hardly understand why, > without touching any of the > > >> default settings, download rate from every > server would never overcome > > >> the value of 400 kB/s. Is it all due to the > tcp windows size? > > > > > > Yes. > > > > > > > Thank you for the clear answer. Anyway, trying to act > on tcp.sendspace > > isn't affecting the upload capabilities of my OpenBSD > server. > > I tried downloading a file through httpd, via ftp but > results are > > still disappointing: 60-70 kbps between two boxes on > the same switch. > > > > The box is going to become a webserver, could you > please give me more > > hints about tuning network performance? > > > > Check your links. This sounds like a full-duplex issue > between switch and > machines. On a LAN even with default tcp send/recvspace you > should get > easily get up to 200Mbps. > > -- > :wq Claudio > >
If the firewall is on try turning it off or go to a very simple rule set. Perhaps there is a problem with your filtering rules and not the network settings. --- James A. Peltier james_a_pelt...@yahoo.ca __________________________________________________________________ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer. 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/
