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And here I sit like a chump with my home server connected to a 100MBit switch. (I paid for that switch, and I'm not replacing it until it gives up the ghost.) (
by krylon 4y ago
And here I sit like a chump with my home server connected to a 100MBit switch. (I paid for that switch, and I'm not replacing it until it gives up the ghost.) (And before you ask, the server also runs FreeBSD, and I'm very happy with the result.)
- nix23 4y agoBring it to the max with multipath ;) since you have already Freebsd, no need to throw those beautiful reliable thing's away, maybe just buy a second...third? Dirt-cheap 100MBit card: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multipath_TCP#Implementation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multipath_TCP#Implementation
- krylon 4y agoThe server has a second NIC, but the switch has no more free ports. I briefly thought of bonding, but stopped when I read that the switch would need to support it (which it almost certainly does not). But my point was that for my requirements, 100MBit are actually sufficient and FreeBSD still is a good choice for me, I was just being snarky about it. (I do find it aesthetically displeasing, though, that my wifi is now faster than my wired network, but I can live with that.)
- toast0 4y agoI understand the motivation, but $20 gets you an 8-port gigE switch, so it seems like the wrong hill to die on. :)
- krylon 4y agoI know, but so far 100MBit is sufficient, actually, I rarely move Gigabytes of data around. When it becomes annoying, I'll get a new switch, but so far the pressure is really low.