From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 11 07:31:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA07000 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 07:31:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from verdi.nethelp.no (verdi.nethelp.no [158.36.41.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA06993 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 07:31:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sthaug@nethelp.no) From: sthaug@nethelp.no Received: (qmail 5337 invoked by uid 1001); 11 Aug 1998 14:30:46 +0000 (GMT) To: bright@hotjobs.com Cc: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: about XL driver In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:11:41 -0500 (EST)" References: X-Mailer: Mew version 1.05+ on Emacs 19.34.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:30:46 +0200 Message-ID: <5335.902845846@verdi.nethelp.no> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > the newest versions (as of yesterday) seem to deliver quite impressive > performance, > (ftp over 100mbit full duplex) > 60410655 bytes received in 7.75 seconds (7.43 MB/s) (while playing mp3) > 60410655 bytes received in 6.67 seconds (8.63 MB/s) (mostly idle) > > irix seems to be able to get like 11.5 MB/s (between 2 irix boxes) is this > hardware or software? (linux on the other hand is about the same speed as > freebsd) It would be interesting to see what you can get with ttcp or NetPerf. FreeBSD is perfectly capable of saturating a 100 Mbps Ethernet segment using either Intel Pro 100/B or DEC 21140 based NICs. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message