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security writes:
 >     The down side is that the best speed I got was around 362Mbps on a
 > gigE link (with netpipe).  I had hoped for better.

362Mb/s is way too low for 1GbE.

You might want to try a UDP test to isolate the bottleneck somewhat.
Try netperf  -tUDP_STREAM -Hmacpro02-m -- -m 1472 and see
what is reported for the transmit vs receive throughput.

Drew