Joseph - TCP might not give you the right results. http://bradhedlund.com/2008/12/19/how-to-calculate-tcp-throughput-for-long-distance-links/
Basti On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Joseph Mays <[email protected]> wrote: > Running tests on FTP throughput from a windows ftp client across two T3 > hops to an ftp server running on FreeBSD unix. Pretty much all the > bandwidth on both T3's is available. Total latency averages about 3ms. The > customer on the end of the t3 is complaining that they can't get faster > than 600KB per second anywhere. I get about 1000KB (8mbps) on a file > transfer. I can start multiple file transfers, simultaneously, all top out > at about that speed. The customer is demanding to know why they can't > transfer files at, say, 40mbps. I am assuming the answer is something to do > with TCP window size, but how do I prove that? > > Joe > > ______________________________**_________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/**mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp<https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp> > archive at > http://puck.nether.net/**pipermail/cisco-nsp/<http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/> > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
