Package: iftop Version: 0.17-16 Severity: important iftop reports a transfer rate of 186Mb, but my NIC is only capable of 100Mb.
I'm moving a large file over the network (file tranferring from my desktop to my laptop), with this command run on the laptop: ssh rob@desktop dd if=large_file.img | dd of=/dev/sda iftop on the desktop machine reports 186Mb transfer to the laptop iftop on the laptop machine reports 93Mb receive from the desktop The laptop, switch, and cables are capable of gigabit speeds. The destkop NIC is only capable of 100Mb. The laptop is 32-bit Squeeze, and the desktop is 64-bit Squeeze. The file being transferred is a 160GB hard drive image. -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.3 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages iftop depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libncurses5 5.7+20100313-5 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libpcap0.8 1.1.1-2+squeeze1 system interface for user-level pa iftop recommends no packages. iftop suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
