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Date:      Fri, 23 Nov 2001 09:07:50 
From:      "Thor Legvold" <tlegvold@hotmail.com>
To:        vova@express.ru, francisv@dagupan.com
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Maximum throughput of Intel Pro 100/S NIC?
Message-ID:  <F122AddX47sFoai8XKP00013619@hotmail.com>

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"Vladimir B. Grebenschikov" <vova@express.ru> did wax gregarious and thus 
spake:

>francisv@dagupan.com writes:
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > 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?
>
>I have got 96% of 100Mbps under real production load.

Wouldn't the TCP/IP overhead + ethernet design (collisions) reduce this 
figure to more like 70Mbs max in the real world?

>--
>TSB Russian Express, Moscow
>Vladimir B. Grebenschikov, vova@express.ru

Regards,
Thor


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