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From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
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Subject: Re: throughtput measurements for fast ethernet
In-Reply-To: <199705152106.AA12023@zephyr.isi.edu> from Anne Hutton at "May 15, 97 02:06:03 pm"
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> Hi,
> 
> has anyone got UDP/TCP throughtput figures on FreeBSD for fast ethernet 
> cards...specifically the 3com and Intel Ether Express cards.

Someone told me some time ago when I was seeking for similar
figures (Garret ?) that FreeBSD can saturate 10/100 Mbit with appropriate
CPU power. The only interesting question would be CPU utilization during
transfer compared to other L-word OSs.


> 
> thanks,
> 
> Anne
> 
> 

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Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de