Where to troubleshoot Intel PRO/1000 performance problems?

[Ivan Voras]

Sally Janghos wrote:
> I'm looking for some suggestions on where to start troubleshooting performance issues on a Intel PRO 1000 card.
> 
> It's installed in a box with the following configuration:
> 	FreeBSD 6.1
> 	AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2100+ (1741.42-MHz 686-class CPU)
> 	Dell CERC SATA RAID 2
> 
> The file transfer(ftp/smb/scp) speeds from/to this machine do not appear to go above 10Mb.  The other machine
> doing the transfers has similar specs(same Ethernet Card) but is a Windows XP box.  I've tried replacing the switch with
> a crossover cable between the machines and the same speed persists.  Any suggestions on where to start and what tools
> should I use to do the benchmarks?

As a general rule you should update to 6.1 to get the latest fixes. Try
using iperf (ports/benchmarks/iperf) - I don't know if it's available
for Windows, though.

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