> My box that I was playing with NetBSD is still down, [...].  However,
> in the mean time, I checked on something on my other box running
> 4.1.1 .  I was given an Ethernet speed checking program.  To make a
> long story short, my throughput was about 2Mb/sec.  Is there
> something SERIOUSLY wrong with this box, or should I really be
> expecting that?

Depends.  If "Mb" is megabytes, there is something SERIOUSLY wrong with
the program - that's a factor of 1.6 better than the underlying medium
bandwidth (which is 10 megabits/sec), and hence is, shall we say,
implausible.  If "Mb" is megabits, I'd want to know what's up - check
for collisions, check the program (it may be enforcing a half-duplex
assumption), etc....

					der Mouse

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