Subject: Re: 3/50 Ethernet speed
To: der Mouse <mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
From: Scott J. Ellentuch <tuc@valhalla.stormking.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 05/30/1995 12:04:36
In der Mouse's own words (And I ">_") :
> 
> > My box that I was playing with NetBSD is still down, [...].  However,
> > in the mean time, I checked on something on my other box running
> > 4.1.1 .  I was given an Ethernet speed checking program.  To make a
> > long story short, my throughput was about 2Mb/sec.  Is there
> > something SERIOUSLY wrong with this box, or should I really be
> > expecting that?
> 
> Depends.  If "Mb" is megabytes, there is something SERIOUSLY wrong with
> the program - that's a factor of 1.6 better than the underlying medium
> bandwidth (which is 10 megabits/sec), and hence is, shall we say,
> implausible.  If "Mb" is megabits, I'd want to know what's up - check
> for collisions, check the program (it may be enforcing a half-duplex
> assumption), etc....
> 
	Its megabits.  And as for the program, I can post a copy if everyone
doesn't mind.  Its only  :

    885 ttcp.c

	lines. I can compress and uuencode it :

    239 ttcp.uue

				Scott
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