From owner-freebsd-net Fri Nov 23 1: 7:55 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f122.law3.hotmail.com [209.185.241.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69F0937B405 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 01:07:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 01:07:51 -0800 Received: from 139.108.175.26 by lw3fd.law3.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 09:07:50 GMT X-Originating-IP: [139.108.175.26] From: "Thor Legvold" To: vova@express.ru, francisv@dagupan.com Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maximum throughput of Intel Pro 100/S NIC? Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 09:07:50 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Nov 2001 09:07:51.0089 (UTC) FILETIME=[53FA6210:01C173FE] 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 "Vladimir B. Grebenschikov" 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 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message