How's this for a test:

P60, NetBSD 1.3  100base DEC 21140A
PII-300, NetBSD 1.4  Same 100base DEC 21140A
PII-400, NetBSD 1.4  100base 3Com 3c905B-TX
Both DEC cards are the older NetGear NIC's.
Nearly identical IDE drives, except PII-400 being Adaptec
2940/UW SCSI with SCSI drives.

P60 Port 1 of Cisco 100base hub
PII-300 Port 2 of hub.
PII-400 Port 3 of hub
Hub dedicated while running test.
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PII-300 ftp's to PII-400 and get's 180MB file:
183997730 bytes received in 21.63 seconds (8.11 MB/s)

P60 ftp's to PII-300 and get's same 180MB file:
183997730 bytes received in 00:39 (4.44 MB/s)

PII-300 ftp's to P60 and get's same 180MB file:
183997730 bytes received in 236.29 seconds (760.45 KB/s)

As you can see, the P60 makes an impressive ftp client,
but not a very good ftp server.  That same P60 actually
hosts 8 player Quake2 dedicated server quite well
also.  =)

Hope this helps,
Steve


----- Original Message -----
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
To: <port-i386@netbsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 1:56 AM
Subject: old/slow PC on 100Mb/sec network?


> I'm curious about a performance issue I'm seeing on my home network.
>
> Could someone out there who has both an old, slow PC with a 100baseTX
> card (for my purpose, anything slower than a P150 would count as
"old,slow")
> and a faster machine which can source packets at at least 60Mb/sec.
>
> If you have such a setup, can you ftp from the slow box to the fast box
> and fetch a large file, say 25MB or more?  I'm curious to know what
throughput
> you get, and whether you're on a hub, crossover cable, or switch, also
> what ethernet card and driver you're using.
>
> --
> Thor Lancelot Simon                                       tls@rek.tjls.com
> "And where do all these highways go, now that we are free?"
>