Re: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?

1999-12-13 Thread N
Hi, Garrett Wollman wrote on 11 May 1999: [Netgear GigE PCI interface] > I'm buying one of these cards today ($319.99 from NECX) and will stick > it into a machine here on our new Gigabit backbone. I'm particularly > interested to test out the VLAN support, since my Secret Plan is to > have thi

Re: [Fwd: Re: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?]

1999-05-17 Thread Josef Karthauser
On Sat, May 15, 1999 at 10:22:00AM -0700, Studded wrote: > > How about: > > tcp_extensions="NO" # Set to Yes to turn on RFC1323 extensions > > That would match existing style and be a lot more clear. I can submit a PR > if anyone thinks that's really necessary... I think that this is a

[Fwd: Re: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?]

1999-05-15 Thread Studded
Josef Karthauser wrote: > Couldn't it read: > tcp_extensions="NO" # Switch RFC1323 extensions on? How about: tcp_extensions="NO" # Set to Yes to turn on RFC1323 extensions That would match existing style and be a lot more clear. I can submit a PR if anyone thinks that's really n

Re: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?

1999-05-12 Thread Alan Cox
I bought two of the cards in order to decide whether or not I wanted to use them in my research group's PII cluster. Right now, they're plugged into a 233MHz Pentium Pro and a 400Mhz K6-2 (using an Aladdin V-based board). I did a bunch of NFS testing over the gigabit link last week and didn't see

Re: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?

1999-05-12 Thread Josef Karthauser
On Tue, May 11, 1999 at 08:23:15PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > Isn't it more appropriate to ask where he didn't learn to read ? :-) > Ok. ok. thanks for the abuse :) > > > >> > tcp_extensions="NO" # Disallow RFC1323 extensions (or YES). > > So we're agreed that this is co

Re: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?

1999-05-11 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
Isn't it more appropriate to ask where he didn't learn to read ? :-) Poul-Henning In message , Chuc k Youse writes: > >Where did you learn to read? > >Chuck Youse >Director of Systems >cyo...@cybersites.com > > >On Tue, 11 May 1999, Josef Karthauser wrote: > >> On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 01:11:43

Re: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?

1999-05-11 Thread Chuck Youse
Where did you learn to read? Chuck Youse Director of Systems cyo...@cybersites.com On Tue, 11 May 1999, Josef Karthauser wrote: > On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 01:11:43AM +0800, Peter Wemm wrote: > > tcp_extensions="NO" # Disallow RFC1323 extensions (or YES). > > No.. it's _on_ by def

Re: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?

1999-05-11 Thread Josef Karthauser
On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 01:11:43AM +0800, Peter Wemm wrote: > Snob Art Genre wrote: > > On Tue, 11 May 1999, Dennis Glatting wrote: > > > > > In reading your message I felt compelled to ask you a question. Are > > > you using gb end-to-end? That probably isn't a good idea because in > > > TCP the

RE: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?

1999-05-11 Thread David Schwartz
> IMO that's a good thing, because for some reason, the RFC 1323 > extensions break a lot of older terminal servers. One could argue that it's more accurate to state that the terminal servers break RFC1323, but alas the effect is the same. DS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majo

Re: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?

1999-05-11 Thread Snob Art Genre
On Wed, 12 May 1999, Peter Wemm wrote: > > Isn't that adequately covered by the PAWS extension from RFC 1323? > > Well, maybe it would, but > > [1:09am]~src/etc-111# grep tcp_ext defaults/rc.conf > tcp_extensions="NO" # Disallow RFC1323 extensions (or YES). > > It's off by defa

Re: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?

1999-05-11 Thread Garrett Wollman
< As for me, I have tested the driver with Netgear cards. Works great here, > I got 470 Mbps (effective application to application) with ttcp, running > back to back on a PII-350 and a Celeron 300A (overclocked to 337, thus PCI > bus clocked at 37.5 Mhz). The limit in my case is clearly the CPU. Ho

Re: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?

1999-05-11 Thread Peter Wemm
Snob Art Genre wrote: > On Tue, 11 May 1999, Dennis Glatting wrote: > > > In reading your message I felt compelled to ask you a question. Are > > you using gb end-to-end? That probably isn't a good idea because in > > TCP the sequence numbers can wrap within timeout periods and the data > > stream

Re: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?

1999-05-11 Thread sthaug
> You didn't read what I said. I don't have a gigabit ethernet switch. > I only have cards. Therefore the *only* way I can test the operation > of the driver and adapters is to connect two machines with gigabit > cards back to back with a patch cable. This automatically implies 'using > gb end-to-

Re: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?

1999-05-11 Thread Snob Art Genre
On Tue, 11 May 1999, Dennis Glatting wrote: > In reading your message I felt compelled to ask you a question. Are > you using gb end-to-end? That probably isn't a good idea because in > TCP the sequence numbers can wrap within timeout periods and the data > stream become undetectably (from a TCP p

Feedback on new drivers (was: Re: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?)

1999-05-11 Thread Nick Hibma
There should be a more general mechanism for this. I have the same problem with the USB stuff. 100+ people on the usb-bsd mailing list and only answers to directed questions. What about, like 'HEADS-UP', a 'FEEDBACK: ' message that should invite people to send 'it works' messages. And maybe prov

Re: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?

1999-05-11 Thread Bill Paul
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Dennis Glatting had to walk into mine and say: > In reading your message I felt compelled to ask you a question. Are > you using gb end-to-end? That probably isn't a good idea because in > TCP the sequence numbers can wrap within timeout p

Re: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?

1999-05-11 Thread Dennis Glatting
In reading your message I felt compelled to ask you a question. Are you using gb end-to-end? That probably isn't a good idea because in TCP the sequence numbers can wrap within timeout periods and the data stream become undetectably (from a TCP perspective) corrupt. -- Dennis Glatting Copyright (