From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 6 13:08:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AF6A1065692; Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:08:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from antik@bsd.ee) Received: from sorbesgroup.com (mail.sorbesgroup.com [217.159.241.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51A638FC14; Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:08:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from antik@bsd.ee) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by sorbesgroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D17B3C51385; Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:07:21 +0300 (EEST) Received: from sorbesgroup.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (sorbesgroup.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 26590-08; Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:07:20 +0300 (EEST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unknown [192.168.0.80]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by sorbesgroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 200113C51392; Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:07:20 +0300 (EEST) Message-ID: <48EA0DCF.7000004@bsd.ee> Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:08:31 +0300 From: Andrei Kolu User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrei Kolu , Jeremy Chadwick , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <48E62ABA.6070901@kkip.pl> <20081005075956.GX36572@elvis.mu.org> <48E9B809.5080309@kkip.pl> <20081006071757.GA13076@icarus.home.lan> <48E9BE5F.5020709@bsd.ee> <20081006073420.GA23811@lava.net> In-Reply-To: <20081006073420.GA23811@lava.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localhost Cc: Subject: Re: fxp performance with POLLING X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:08:27 -0000 Clifton Royston wrote: > On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 10:29:35AM +0300, Andrei Kolu wrote: > ... > >> I remember when on FreeBSD 4.x I was able to copy files from samba and >> to samba up to 12MB/s on 100Mbit lan. >> > > This part seems unlikely, particularly as bit rates are measured in > decimal millions not computer millions. > > 12*8*1024*1024 = 100,663,296 so that would mean not merely zero but > negative packet and network overhead. > > -- Clifton > OK, I am reading right now description for Trendnet Mini-GBIC Features: -------------------------------------------------------------------- (TEG-MGBSX, TEG-MGBS10, TEW-MGBS40, TEW-MGBS80) Compliant with IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet and Fiber Channel Standards Industry standard SFP package Duplex LC connector 1.0625Gbps Fiber Channel Compliant 1.25Gbps Gigabit Ethernet Compliant -------------------------------------------------------------------- So, I guess that 100Mbit and 1000Mbit is not set in stone and you can actually achieve higher speeds than "standard". BTW: 1 megabit = 106 = 1,000,000 bits which is equal to 125,000 bytes. 100 megabit = 12,500,000 bytes = 12,5MB Or I am wrong?