Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 08:29:00 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>, Cory Kempf <ckempf@enigami.com>, Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet -- what am I doing wrong? Message-ID: <36EE78BC.1AA3B0BB@softweyr.com> References: <199903151726.JAA13276@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith wrote:
>
> > I guess I should take a look at your software and get a card or two
> > in for testing. I'd like to see what we can do between two Tigon
> > equipped systems with a Xylan switch in the middle. Most of our
> > testing on our Gigabit modules so far has been done with a SmartBits
> > packet generator, but I don't really believe the numbers until I've
> > seen some real host-generated data streams.
>
> Heh. It would be quite funky if we were able to generate bits fast
> enough to become your preferred host platform for host traffic
> generation.
You already are our favorite host platform for IP testing; I setup
our test network with FreeBSD hosts at both ends of the lab. ;^)
For pure packet generation, it's hard to beat a SmartBits (if you
can afford the price).
> That would almost mandate some words from you we could use for bragging
> purposes. 8)
Maybe I'll write a Daemon News article? We need to get some of the
GigEth cards working first, though.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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