[olug] Mandrake vs. Suse bandwidth

[Brandon Lederer]

Did u use the same conf file?  There are conf options to affect speed.  

On Saturday 29 May 2004 09:08 am, John DiMartino wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I just did a test of Mandrake 10 and Suse 9.0.  I used the same version
> of Samba and both were run with out the GUI on the exact same box just
> hours apart.  When connected to the machines using a windows machine -
> the Mandrake 10 box pushes about 30 mbit/s out of a 100 mbit/s line
> using large files.  The Suse box on the exact same box an hour and a
> half later got 60 mbit/s.  I couldn't believe the difference so I
> reinstalled Mandrake 10 again and got the same results.
>
> The only difference between the two distros is that Mandrake is using
> the 2.6 kernel where Suse 9 is still using the 2.4 kernel.
>
> Just thought I would let you guys know in case you needed a network file
> server and were running mandrake.
>
> Later,
> John
>
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