Re: Network slowdown from 2.6.7 to 2.6.9

[Con Kolivas]

Stephen Hemminger writes:

> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:46:25 -0800
> Harry Edmon <harry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I have a system that is running a program that receives and sends 
> > atmospheric data via TCP.  Most of the data is either in little packets 
> > (between 64 and 127 bytes) and large packets (between 1024 and 1517).  I 
> > am running this on a dual Xeon box (Tyan S2721-533 motherboard) with 2 
> > GB of memory and a Intel gigabit ethernet (82546EB).  I have been 
> > running this under 2.6.7.  When I switch to 2.6.9 on the same hardware, 
> > my network throughtput is cut by more than half.  All I can tell from 
> > looking at "netstat -s" is that my TCP resets are orders of magnitude 
> > higher under 2.6.9 than 2.6.7.  Enclosed is my 2.6.7 and 2.6.9 config 
> > files.  Anyone have any ideas where I should look to find the problem?
>
> Do an OpenBSD or other firewall in the way that doesn't understand window
> scaling? OpenBSD pf doesn't correctly TCP window scaling so it ruins the
> throughput (typically 1/4 of expected).

Easiest way to see if this is responsible is to disable it and see if the 
throughput improves

echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling

Cheers,
Con

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