read the latest article on tomshardware.com on the subject. kev
->-----Original Message----- ->From: P�r Wedin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ->Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 10:41 AM ->To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ->Subject: [gentoo-user] Slow gigabit... -> -> ->Hi all! -> ->I recently upgraded my LAN to gigabit, but so far it's been a ->disappointment. ->It really isn't much faster than it used to be... -> ->If I fetch a large file from my proftpd server I get about 11 ->MB/s, and the ->same file from apache about 15 MB/s. I was hoping for at least twice that. -> ->The server is a P3-733 and the workstation is a XP1600+, and they ->are directly ->connected with a shielded CAT6 cable and two Intel PRO/1000MT ->NIC's. I use ->the 4.4.19 driver from Intel. The cpu load is about 75-80% on the ->server when ->I fetch the files and I get pretty much the same results with and without ->jumbo frames. -> ->Is this all I can expect to get? Isn't 75-80% cpu load a bit much? -> ->I would really appreciate some input from you all. I strongly suspect I ->swallowed the gigabit hype hook line and sinker... -> ->/P�r. -> -> -> ->-- ->[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
