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Article #15537Re: Need help selecting Ethernet cards for very high throughput rates.
From: Guy Helmer
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1991 16:39
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1991 16:39
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In <1991Aug29.134749.5982@ctr.columbia.edu> bill@connection.prospect.com (Bill Poitras) writes:
>In article <1991Aug29.041708.29784@unislc.uucp> martin@unislc.UUCP (Martin Cryer,D1Z01,5754) writes:
>>I think you are asking too much of a timesharing O/S even with an EISA
>>PC to get sustained 6Mbytes/s. If you only want it for bursts, you
>>may have better luck.
>Are you kidding? I have seen 100Mbytes/s when ftping a file to a PS/2
>running AIX with a ESDI controller and 16 bit ethernet controller. I can
>consitently get 20Mbytes/s. Hell, I can get 11Mbytes/s sometimes to a PC
>running DOS. This is a ISA machine with a 16bit RLL controller. I don't
>see your problem.
I'd be more inclined to think you're kidding, Mr. Poitras! You may have
seen 100 K (KILOBYTES!) per second. If you've really seen 100Mbytes/sec
doing anything on a PC over any network, there are a lot of people
out here who'd like to know how you do it.
--
Guy Helmer, Dakota State University Computing Services
ghelmer@dsuvax.dsu.edu, helmer@sdnet.bitnet, dsuvax!ghelmer@wunoc.wustl.edu
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