Ya'll might try netperf for establishing some baseline benchmarks for
cards. The ideal test method is to use a cross-over cable to see what
your max is, and then test with the network to see how your routing
hardware affects throughput and initial latency. Netperf is available
from:
http://www.netperf.org/netperf/NetperfPage.html
I ran some tests with linux 100mbit cards a year ago; I got the best
results with the tulip cards- they were usually in the 85-94mbit range.
The 3com 3c905 card was the worst performer; I never saw it above 40mbit.
The intel eepro100 cards were better, generally in the 70-80mbit range.
It is possible that driver improvements have changed these numbers since
then.
Jack
> christ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > at any rate, now that i have the kinks worked out, i get 11415k/s between
> > two BX-based PII's with these cards.
> > i've seen slightly better (~11500k/s) between eepro100b's, but the on those
> > tests the driver took up 9% of the available cpu time, vs 2% from the
>
> Did I read this right? You can get 11415k/s between two eepro 100b's??
> I have two hooked up with only a crossover cable and the max I've seen is
> 2000k/s. What are you using to test the throughput? And did you have to
> tweak them at all? I'm thinking mine may be set in half duplex or something
> to that effect ...
>
> Aaron
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