Hi,
I've been testing out my shiny new (well not so new now) Linux box with and without bridging code enabled and bench marking it against my Windows 98 PC. I originally had problems with Cards/Drivers that impacted performance ... Realtek cards - real problems with bridging, as my speed dropped to 30Kb/sec. 3Com cards - nice cards, bad driver - solved this by using Donald Beckers version of driver. I am now using 3Com 3c905B/C cards in my bridge, and performance seems a lot better, but ..... I have found that my Windoze box can transfer data faster to/from the internet than my Linux box ! Both machines are currently connected to the same Switch through an ADSL modem to the internet. I must point out that I'm not testing like-for-like hardware, but my expectation was that Linux would perform as well as Win98 if not better. In my opinion, my Linux box has better quality hardware. I would appreciate anyone's views on this - as my intention is the Linux to become the main route to the internet. Oh, BTW I found that the bridge does not add any additional latency, which is nice ! Thanks, Simon. Windows config: Win98 running on AMD/700 Mhz, 128Mb Ram, FA311 network card. Linux config: Kernel 2.4.18 running on intel PII/300Mhz, 128Mb Ram, 3Com 3c905 network card. (Donald becker network drivers, not broken 3Com ones) Note: System not loaded at all - load = 0.1. Tests: When testing Linux, I took bridge down. 1. When I test the transfer rate between the two machines through the Switch I get a rate of 7000Kb/sec (using FTP) I only get this rate once the file to be transferred is cached in memory by Linux, otherwise I am restricted by the IDE load time. Test file was ~ 18Mb. 2. When I test a 300MB ftp download, for example from oracle.co.uk: Win98 = 58.5Kb/sec Linux = 57.0Kb/sec 3. Pointed by browser at www.bandwidth.com/speedtest the tests produce: Win98 = 58.8Kb/sec Linux = 57.9Kb/sec Now I know there is not much difference between them, but there is a difference none the less - a whole 1Kb/sec ! (:-> --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.338 / Virus Database: 189 - Release Date: 14/03/02 _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/mailman/listinfo/bridge
