Re: [Networker] What speed can we expect on a Gb network?
2004-05-05 12:55:28
Good point--the 760 mbits/sec figure comes from on-the-motherboard
(Intel 82540EM) gigabit w/ the latest drivers. I assume they're
"64 bit PCI."
YMMV of course.
steve
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systems & network guy
high energy physics
university of wisconsin
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: Robert McCarthy
> One thing I noticed with Gb NIC's is the bus speed of the system matters
> ALOT.. and is it a 64 bit PCI slot or is it a 32 bit slot. The few Gb NIC
> I have had disclaimers about limited bandwidth using 32 bit slots. And
> make sure you check your drivers!
>
> At 12:35 PM 5/5/2004, Steve Rader wrote:
> >Iperf between Linux systems with gigabit consistantly reports
> >around 760 mbits/sec (95 MB/s.) [1]
> >
> >I don't have a Sun with gigabit right now, but it'd probably be
> >easy for you to try iperf. I'd be curious to know what you get.
> >(I sure hope it's more than 40 MB/s!)
> >
> >steve
> >- - -
> >systems & network guy
> >high energy physics
> >university of wisconsin
>
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