Problems with LinkSys 10/100 cards

Marko Kiiskila marko@iprg.nokia.com
Fri Feb 5 12:04:28 1999


> > Netperf seems to be much more reliable but I have seen dependency on
> > what I run and when, i.e. netperf first or netpipe first, etc...
> > 
> > Anyway I managed to find a copy of the datasheet for the PNIC part, so
> > maybe I can make more headway.
> > 
> > I have seen transfer rates as high as 67Mbit/s, when things are
> > working, so I guess the cards are working properly ??
> With netperf I get 95-96 Mbit/sec with both UDP and TCP.
> With netpipe it seems to top about at about 91 Mbit/s

And what was the packet size in these tests? Not small packets, I assume?
I'd be very interested in seeing the measurements done with 64byte, 128 byte,
256, 512, 1024 and 1476 packet sizes. 
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