[geeks] IRIX TCP performance

[Kurt Huhn]

Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:

>    I have a beefy Alpha on a FDDI ring (running NetBSD/alpha v1.6) and
>    
> an SGI Octane (running IRIX 6.5.11) on a temporary 10Mbps ethernet 
> drop, talking through a Cisco Catalyst 5000.  I'm trying to FTP some 
> large files to the Octane, and I'm only getting about 30-35Kbps 
> throughput.  I have about 2GB of stuff to move, so this kinda sucks.
> 

Try setting the frame size down below 1500 and see what happens.  If I
recall, ~1450 was a sweet spot for me once when I was doing something
similar to what you're doing.  

Also, try setting the interface to a hard setting, 10Mbps half duplex -
to remove any question of negotiation on the interface.

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