From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 1 21:32:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA02651 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 21:32:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA02641 for ; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 21:32:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from Mailbox.mcs.com (Mailbox.mcs.com [192.160.127.87]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.8.2/8.8.2) with ESMTP id XAA28667; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 23:32:10 -0600 (CST) Received: from Mercury.mcs.net (karl@Mercury.mcs.com [192.160.127.80]) by Mailbox.mcs.com (8.8.2/8.8.2) with ESMTP id XAA15185; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 23:32:09 -0600 (CST) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Mercury.mcs.net (8.8.2/8.8.2) id XAA16345; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 23:32:08 -0600 (CST) From: Karl Denninger Message-Id: <199612020532.XAA16345@Mercury.mcs.net> Subject: Re: TCP/IP bandwidth bragging To: sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au (Stephen Hocking) Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 23:32:08 -0600 (CST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199612020315.DAA13781@netfl15a.devetir.qld.gov.au> from "Stephen Hocking" at Dec 2, 96 01:15:57 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > A Linux zealot has the following in his sig - what's our current ability? > > ---------------------------------------------//// > Yow! 11.26 MB/s remote host TCP bandwidth & //// > 199 usec remote TCP latency over 100Mb/s //// > ethernet. Beat that! //// > -----------------------------------------////__________ o > David S. Miller, davem@caip.rutgers.edu /_____________/ / // /_/ >< > > > > Stephen My Pentium Pro systems will do in excess of 160Mbps (that's about 15MB/sec) through the loopback interface. I'll have to whale on a few real connected machines and let you know. I *AM* able to run at at native DLT media speeds during backups to those drives (!), which is hellishly fast. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity http://www.mcs.net/~karl | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | 33 Analog Prefixes, 13 ISDN, Web servers $75/mo Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| Email to "info@mcs.net" WWW: http://www.mcs.net/ Fax: [+1 312 248-9865] | 2 FULL DS-3 Internet links; 400Mbps B/W Internal