Date: Fri, 16 May 97 10:18:06 PDT From: Anne Hutton <hutton@ISI.EDU> To: "Russell L. Carter" <rcarter@consys.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: throughtput measurements for fast ethernet Message-ID: <199705161719.AA18270@zephyr.isi.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 16 May 1997 10:09:58 -0700. <199705161709.KAA05644@conceptual.com>
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> > I was hoping for something more specific. My _first_ tests with the 3com vx > > driver for the 395 pci card on FreeBSD 2.2.1 are not showing good results - > > highest throughput for UDP 45Mbps. I should stress that these were first tests. > > > > Has anyone any traffic measurements for any of the fast ethernet drivers? > > What kind of main memory bandwidth can your motherboards sustain? A > good test is the stream benchmark from McCalpin. Many P6 motherboards > can sustain transfer rates which drive 100mb ethernet at full throttle, > but a lot of P5 motherboards cannot. 45Mbps is not unusual for these. > I have no problem getting high throughput with other high speed cards and drivers....wouldn't they be affected as well. Anne
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