Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 22:28:37 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> Cc: Ben Goodwin <ben@hamsterville.ultranet.com>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: more: Ethernet lag/connectivity on 227R Message-ID: <199808060528.WAA00354@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 05 Aug 1998 22:48:16 EDT." <19980805224816.A22782@astro.psu.edu>
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> On Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 06:27:08PM -0400, Ben Goodwin wrote: > > > I just noticed that if I ping -f localhost, I get all of 40 packets/sec. > > Er, your subject refers to "ethernet" but you are performing tests > on the loopback interface. > > For what it's worth, I get about the same. No ethernet connection > at all here, not that that's relevant. There are know pathalogical interactions between many applications and the loopback interface. The loopback interface is *not* designed for performance, and tests involving it are almost always bogus. -- \\ 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-hardware" in the body of the message
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