> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 95 09:07:59 -0400
> From: Kenneth Stailey <kstailey@leidecker.gsfc.nasa.gov>

> Hi,
> 
> I noticed that the network performance seems to be a little
> "asymmetrical" with regard to receiving and transmitting.
> 
> charon ::= Sun3/60M Lance ethernet
> pluto  ::= i486DX2/66 3c509 ethernet
> 
> charon -> pluto (~81KB/sec)
...
> pluto -> charon (~650KB/sec)
...

> Does anyone have an explanation as to why this is?

Perhaps pluto is not able to accept back-to-back packets?
You might try with 1k packets, or other machines...

Gordon