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Re: Question on performance
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Albertson)
Fri Aug 16 19:16:30 1996
From: chris@topdog.pas1.logicon.com (Chris Albertson)
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 96 11:05:26 PDT
To: ATPlack@scj.com
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
>
> Chris,
> I think that the SUN rep gave you the answer. It is in the hardware.
>
> I have two COMPAQ servers here that push the wire speed just like Sun. I
> have an old Dell Server that does not. It is in the hardware.
> ----------
I have two PC computers one thier own small ethernet. Both run Linux.
I get a transfer rate of 550 between then. I reboot one of them and run
MS Winows for Work Groups with the MS TCP/IP stack. The transfer rate goes
to down to about 280. Same hardware.
--Chris Albertson
chris@topdog.logicon.com Voice: 818-351-0089 X127
Logicon RDA, Pasadena California Fax: 818-351-0699
