Re: serious networking (em) performance (ggate and NFS) problem

From: Wilkinson, Alex <alex.wilkinson_at_dsto.defence.gov.au>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:57:41 +1030
ping only tests latency *not* throughput. So it is not really a good test.



 - aW

	0n Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 07:01:24PM -0500, Chuck Swiger wrote: 

	Emanuel Strobl wrote:
	[ ... ]
	>Tests were done with two Intel GigaBit Ethernet cards (82547EI, 32bit PCI 
	>Desktop adapter MT) connected directly without a switch/hub
	
	what kind of bandwidth you max out using that.  Or use ping with -i & -s 
	set to reasonable values depending on whether you're using jumbo frames or 
	not.
	
	If the problem is your connection is dropping a few packets, this will show 
	up better here.  Using "ping -f" is also a pretty good troubleshooter.  
Received on Wed Nov 17 2004 - 23:32:40 UTC

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