Re: IPERF for switch hardware testing?
Steve,
> 1. With a 64bit / 66 mhz PCI bus we seemed to be limited to a throughput
> of about 750Mhz bandwidth without excessive loss.
What packet size are you using? I have been able to obtain over 900 Mb/s
on such hosts back-to-back using a Syskonnect card and 4k or 9k packets (I
don't recall which off the top of my head).
Michael
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