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From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>
To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
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Subject: Re: throughtput measurements for fast ethernet
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On Fri, 16 May 1997, Christoph Kukulies wrote:

> > 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.
		       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

*Other* L-word OSs? In which sense would you describe FreeBSD as a L-word
OS? (or am I getting something wromg) :-)


	Sander
> 
> 
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > Anne
> > 
> > 
> 
> --
> Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
>