Subject: Re: 3/50 Ethernet speed
To: der Mouse <mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
From: Scott J. Ellentuch <tuc@valhalla.stormking.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 05/30/1995 12:04:36
In der Mouse's own words (And I ">_") :
>
> > 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....
>
Its megabits. And as for the program, I can post a copy if everyone
doesn't mind. Its only :
885 ttcp.c
lines. I can compress and uuencode it :
239 ttcp.uue
Scott
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