On Thursday 09 June 2005 22:00, nate wrote:
> Tony Sarendal said:
> > When it comes to network performance most plattforms have limitations in
> > packets per second before bandwidth. Please post the performance in pps
> > also,
> > as that is more interesting and more relevant, especially in the GigE
> > case.
>
> I don't see a way in iperf to get this stat, I will try to find
> another tool, I did a crude test which basically involved clearing
> the counters on my switch, using a stop watch and measuring the
> time period. the results were approx 43,000 pps (1467476
> packets sent, 718984 recieved during the 1.7GByte test), throughput
> was 400Mbit
>
> > The fastest pc os around according to google is FreeBSD which has broken
> > the 1Mpps limit on pc hardware (2.8 GHz Xeon), but that is not wirespeed.
>
> yeah I remember reading that news when they first broke that
>
> > If you expect to see wire speed your box has to handle 1.5Mpps, for just
> > one direction GigE. What kind of pps numbers are you seeing ?
>
> not really expecting wire 1Gbit speed, just closer to the wire
> speed I am getting (~700Mbit) without the bridge. as-is I am
> getting 200-300Mbit less vs going raw over the switch.
>
> I will try to look for another tool, if you or anyone has any
> suggestions let me know
>
Now about netstat on your openbsd box ?
netstat -I <interface> -w10
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