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Date:      Thu, 22 Nov 2001 17:45:33 +0800
From:      francisv@dagupan.com
To:        sthaug@nethelp.no
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Maximum throughput of Intel Pro 100/S NIC?
Message-ID:  <10F29E27A956D511B0940050DA8D86A9340BEB@apmail.dagupan.com>

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The hosts are Pentium III 900Mhz machines with 1GB of memory. How do you
check the duplex configuration? On the switch? On the Windows NT machine?

-----Original Message-----
From: sthaug@nethelp.no [mailto:sthaug@nethelp.no] 
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 5:39 PM
To: francisv@dagupan.com
Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Maximum throughput of Intel Pro 100/S NIC?

> 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

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