Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 13:26:06 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, 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: <199903162126.NAA00853@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 16 Mar 1999 08:29:00 MST." <36EE78BC.1AA3B0BB@softweyr.com>
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> > 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. Bill just posted some ttcp numbers; over 600Mbps on TCP, over 800Mbps on UDP. Not too shabby for raw throughput. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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