From owner-freebsd-net Thu Nov 22 1:39:19 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from verdi.nethelp.no (verdi.nethelp.no [158.36.41.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9FE7E37B418 for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 01:39:14 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 2506 invoked by uid 1001); 22 Nov 2001 09:39:12 +0000 (GMT) To: francisv@dagupan.com Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maximum throughput of Intel Pro 100/S NIC? From: sthaug@nethelp.no In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 22 Nov 2001 17:34:08 +0800" References: <10F29E27A956D511B0940050DA8D86A9340BE8@apmail.dagupan.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 1.05+ on Emacs 19.34.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 10:39:12 +0100 Message-ID: <2504.1006421952@verdi.nethelp.no> Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I have an Intel Pro 100/S NIC on FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE connected to a Cisco > Catalyst 3500XL switch at 100Mbps, full-duplex but I only get 15.6Mbps > throughput. I'm transferring ISO images from the FreeBSD machine to an NT > FTP server which is also connected on the same switch. > > What's the tested throughput for the Intel Pro 100 NICs? Wire speed. Measured several years ago. With FreeBSD you can reach wire speed on 100 Mbps Ethernet with something like a P-166. Have you checked that your duplex configuration is correct? Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message