Re: [perf-discuss] Problem with GLDv3 Driver: rge

2007-10-22 Thread David S. Collier-Brown
Hmmn... if you're snooping on the same machine, the act of snooping, in promiscuous mode, may have had an effect on the interface. Mind you, it isn't **supposed** to, but the observer effect applies to hardware as well as people (;-)) Snoop from a different machine on the same wire (you may need

[perf-discuss] Problem with GLDv3 Driver: rge

2007-10-22 Thread Markus Halter
I recently installed b71 for a SAMBA Server. The network driver in use is rge. While doing some SAMBA tests I discovered very poor performance. I hooked up a 100Mbit switch and was only able to get around 5Mbits transfer rate. Playing around with it, I found out that 'snooping' the device seams