[geeks] IRIX TCP performance

[Dave McGuire]

   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.

   What is going on here?  I'm wondering if anyone else has run into 
this and can tell me what's going on before I have to resort to 
spending a nice quiet evening with tcpdump.

         Thanks,
         -Dave

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Dave McGuire           "She's a cheek pincher.  I have scars."
St. Petersburg, FL                          -Gary Nichols