PHY speeds aren't good enough. It needs to actually move that much data.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:55:57 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing I am wondering if I got a GigE managed switch, could I see some phy data speeds by looking at its management interface? From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 1:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing Probably two laptops, doesn’t need to be anything fancy, my 2006 Lenovo X60 with GigE port does the full 950Mbps TCP. From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 1:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] GigE Testing Demand for our GigE surge suppressor has been growing such that I am now limited by my test station throughput. Any ideas on how to test a GigE device go-nogo without buying more big dollar testers (which I currently use)? It needs to be fast and show speeds in both directions. Have considered just putting up a GigE switch and plugging the surge suppressor into two ports and seeing if they light. But that sounds pretty cheap and dirty. Want to see numbers. A laptop talking to another laptop with iperf may end up being the solution. Not sure if there are GigE USB NICS so I could do it all on one laptop or not. Any other ideas?
