From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 5 22:30:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA00894 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 22:30:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles231.castles.com [208.214.165.231]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA00830 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 22:29:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA00354; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 22:28:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808060528.WAA00354@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Matthew Hunt cc: Ben Goodwin , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: more: Ethernet lag/connectivity on 227R In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 05 Aug 1998 22:48:16 EDT." <19980805224816.A22782@astro.psu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 22:28:37 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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