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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: sk98lin extremely slow transfer rate ASUS P5P800(2.6.17.7)
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 09:40:09 -0700
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On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 08:40:01 -0700
Sean Bruno <sean.bruno@dsl-only.net> wrote:

> I am experiencing a very slow(32Kbytes per second) transfer rate on an
> ASUS P5P800 mobo.  This occurs on a special case where I am sending
> individual 32Kbyte messages from a second server.  
> 
> I suspect the hardware, but am not sure how to come up with a 'good'
> regression test for this issue.  
> 
> Configurations I have tried:
> 
> 1. If I swap out the ethernet adapter(tried a intel 10/100 and intel
> 10/100/1000) the transfer rate jumps up into the MBytes / second.
> 
> 2. If I do 'other' network activity on the box, like scp'ing' files
> around, the transfer rate for my 32Kbyte packets goes up into the
> Mbytes / second.  So I am a little baffled with the behavior.  
> 
> 3. If I just 'scp' files around of various sizes the transfer rate goes
> up into the Mbytes / second.
> 

Which driver skge or sk98lin are you using?  Sk98lin driver is being
obsoleted.
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