> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Andreas Bihlmaier > Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 1:16 PM > To: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: interrupt comparison > > Hello @ misc@, > I just happend to run a little network benchmark since my networked seemed > to be > slower than I'm used to. > The result is that the max throuput I was able to get with a X-over cable > directly linked and with two (desently) fast machines is ~78 Mbps ! > Is this normal? > > Here are the hardware specs: > host1 -> ibm x40 1,4 ghz 1024mb ram intel em0 NIC 1000mbit > host2 -> athlon xp 2600+ 1024mb ram rl0 NIC 100mbit > Both machines are running OpenBSD snapshot ( 2005-06-28 ) > The dmesgs are at the very end of the mail (since I don't think they are > relevant for the situation). >
Is the second machine really 100mb? If so, I don't think that number is too bad.
