Actually, it's pretty darn good. Rule of Thumb says you get between 40% average performance under a regular network load configuration, and peak of about 70%. Any more than that and the jamming signal time from collisions will slow the network down (congestion). You can improve that by having a fully switched network, and further improve it by using crossovers and nic-a-machine topologies (i.e., true point to point to every machine with a dedicated nic in every machine for every other machine... which means small networks), but even the nic-a-machine topologies are going to top out in the 70%s for sustained bandwidth and the low-mid 90%s for peak. Bill Ward -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 6:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux Optimize On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Carlos wrote: > How can I make linux fly on network IO. I have a 3com905c and latest kernel, but > the mest I can get is > 80 megabits per second in a 100 megabits presecond network. > That's not too bad. Consider that every connection has a bit of overhead. I wouldn't complain about that little bit of loss. John _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
