Skylar,

An interesting suggestion.  I'll look into it.  Thanks.


Mke


At 09:57 AM 12/7/2007, Skylar Thompson wrote:
Michael H. Frese wrote:
> Fourth, with ttcp over tcp, I found that the troubled machine could
> send 800 MB in about 20 seconds -- the wire speed for those 32-bit PCI
> slots as tested by netpipe.  However, if I used ttcp over udp, I
> couldn't reliably send even ten 8192-byte blocks!  Successive sends
> and receives would receive 3, or 1, or 5 blocks.  Don't ask me how
> these two facts are compatible.  I don't know.

This sounds like it could be a flow control issue. TCP does its own flow
control, but UDP doesn't. Some Ethernet switches do IEEE 802.3x, which
might help your UDP performance.

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-- Skylar Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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