It would make sense to use a crossover cable and go directly from one computer to another if possible. Any routing hardware/packet padding can be considered overhead which can tamper with your numbers (should not be too big a deal though as long as it's consistent).
The OS in question would be a big factor though, you'd need to make sure you have the same (and sufficiently high to expose any hardware bottleneck) TCP receive window on both benchmark machines. I don't know how to set this in classic macOS. In 'doze you gotta hack the registry, in *nix you gotta write to a /proc file. It may not be trivial to accomplish, but it's a huge factor that really can't be disregarded if you're doing TCP/IP throughput checking. It might make sense to use a (non-routed) protocol such as appletalk to measure throughput if you can find a way to get numbers from that type of transfer. On Monday 19 July 2004 19:35, Powermac wrote: > Not sure, any ideas? > > I tried a quick transfer from a PC setup as a ftp server, the 7500 and the > 840AV. Speeds were very low (400K/sec to the 7500, and 300K/sec to the > 840av). I used the same version of Fetch (ftp client) for both transfers, > and I know the PC can dump at least a few MB/sec. I did see my router light > up like a Christmas tree even though I used the local PC ip to do the > connection (169.254.*.*) so it wouldn't connect through my cable modem over > the net (which cant do more then 350K/sec anyway). > > If I use a PC for the source file I am stuck using TCP/IP (which is why I > tried to test speed using an FTP server). Maybe I should just stick to > transferring from Mac to Mac? -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
