From owner-freebsd-net Thu Nov 22 1:45:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from backup.dagupan.com (www.psysc.org.ph [206.101.69.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98B2837B416 for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 01:45:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by apmail.dagupan.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 17:45:34 +0800 Message-ID: <10F29E27A956D511B0940050DA8D86A9340BEB@apmail.dagupan.com> From: francisv@dagupan.com To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Maximum throughput of Intel Pro 100/S NIC? Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 17:45:33 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message