I used 1024 byte IP packet size (+12 bytes of Ethernet header) under 1500 MTU. On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Ofer Fryman wrote: > At what frame size?. > > Thanks > Ofer > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bart Trojanowski [mailto:bart@jukie.net] > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 4:30 PM > To: Ofer Fryman > Cc: 'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'; 'linux-net@vger.kernel.org' > Subject: Re: network cards (drivers) performance. > > > On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Ofer Fryman wrote: > > > Has any one tested the performance of the Tulip or AMD cards (or any other > > network card) on any Linux version, with any CPU and any chip-set? > > Wow... that's a pretty broad question! > > Yes I have had very good performance with the 'recent' tulip cards: > > # lspci | grep DECchip > 04:08.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 > (rev 41) > 04:09.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 > (rev 41) > > I have been able to tunnel about 186 Mbits/s on a P3Xeon/866 on any > 2.4.{1,3} > kernel with two of the above cards (tulip driver). Note that this means > full duplex was on and the box was forwarding a total of 186 MBits of data > fron one NIC to another; actually it was 93 in each direction. Fast > routing (a la CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE) was _not_ compiled into the kernel. > > B. > > -- WebSig: http://www.jukie.net/~bart/sig/ - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
