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On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 10:29:35AM +0300, Andrei Kolu wrote:
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> I remember when on FreeBSD 4.x I was able to copy files from samba and 
> to samba up to 12MB/s on 100Mbit lan. 

  This part seems unlikely, particularly as bit rates are measured in
decimal millions not computer millions.

  12*8*1024*1024 = 100,663,296 so that would mean not merely zero but
negative packet and network overhead.

  -- Clifton

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