Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Aug 1998 18:11:28 +0200 (CEST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: 100Mbps TCP stalls in 2.1.115 |
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On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> > If ping is slow too it is probably a network driver problem, > > not a TCP problem. > > No, its much stranger. I've had problem since 2.1.9x or before on > Intel, but Alpha is fine. I've change NICs, etc. and the Intel box > still sucks and the Alpha still works. > > I only have problems talking to some stacks, fancy stacks like recent > '95 stacks and perhaps '98 with have scaling, SACK, etc. perform very > well, not to fancy stacks like 2.0.x and NT blow goats. > > A breif (possible inaccurate summary): > 2.1.x Intel <-> Windows95 + IE4.01SP1 - rocks > 2.1.x Intel <-> 2.1.x Alpha - sucks > 2.1.x Intel <-> Windows NT 4sp3 - sucks > 2.1.x Intel <-> 2.0.x Intel - sucks > 2.1.x Alpha <-> Anything ? - rocks
Hmm: - simple 2.0.x works with other simple stacks, both on 32 and 64 bits - complicated 2.1.x works great on a 64 bit arch - complicated 2.1.x performance varies greatly on a 32 bit arch
Does this sound like "overflow" to anyone else :-)
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