From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 17 14:17:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA19638 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 14:17:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA19094 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 14:11:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id IAA02345; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 08:41:32 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19971218084132.64227@lemis.com> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 08:41:32 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Terry Lambert Cc: sthaug@nethelp.no, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3com 3c509 card References: <19822.882343067@verdi.nethelp.no> <199712171925.MAA04539@usr02.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199712171925.MAA04539@usr02.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Wed, Dec 17, 1997 at 07:25:10PM +0000 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, Dec 17, 1997 at 07:25:10PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: >> If you're trying to measure measure network performance, why don't you >> use a tool which is suitable for the job? FTP is definitely not a good >> tool for this job. I'd suggest ttcp or NetPerf. > > Uh, if "typical usage" is FTP, then how is that going to reflect what > he can expect in typical usage? Divide and conquer. It will help determine where the bottleneck is. At the moment, we don't know whether it's ftp or the driver. > A car that can go 120MPH on the test track where there is no more > than a 3% grade, but drops to 5MPH on real roads, is not a good car, > no matter how well it benchmarks. Right. And roads that slow all cars down to 8 km/h aren't good roads, either. We were talking about roads, not cars. Greg