Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:50:21 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> Cc: LeifEriccson <hara@br0tkasten.de>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ethernet bandwith problems Message-ID: <438C78BD.9080709@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200511272317.44843.josh@tcbug.org> References: <438A3F82.8040402@br0tkasten.de> <438A6692.6030600@centtech.com> <200511272317.44843.josh@tcbug.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Josh Paetzel wrote: > On Sunday 27 November 2005 08:08 pm, Eric Anderson wrote: > >>LeifEriccson wrote: >> >>>hi there >>> >>>i got a wrap-board from pcengines(.ch) with an amd geode cpu and >>>two ethernet interfaces. this board is working with freebsd 6.0 >>>and the ethernet interfaces with the sis driver. actually i did >>>some tests with the iperf tool, and i wondered why i just get a >>>perfomance up 37 MBit/s. maybe somebody of you got a clue. >> >>37MBit/s isn't too bad for a geode I don't think.. >> >>Eric > > > 37 Megabytes per second is reasonable. At that point you are > disk-bound > > 37 megabits per second means that there is something wrong. 37Megabytes per second is over 100mbit speeds. 37Megabits per second is roughly 4Megabytes per second, about 40% of 100megabit speeds. Seems a little low, but 37Megabytes per second isn't quite possible over 100megabit. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?438C78BD.9080709>