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From: smace@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Mace)
Subject: Re: 386bsd ethernet throughput
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In article <1993Feb20.193501.9637@cs.wisc.edu> jcargill@oka.cs.wisc.edu (Jon Cargille) writes:
>In article <1m5372INN1pd@lucy.ee.und.ac.za> stubbs@ccen.unp.ac.za writes:
>>
>>Second I read in the comp.os.linux.FAQ that the FTP throughput in 386BSD
>>is only about 5Kb/Sec, is this true?
>>
>>Richard Stubbs              | Planet Earth is blue and
>>stubbs@ccen.unp.ac.za       | there is nothing I can do !
>
>I sure don't think this is true...  I've seen people quoting speeds of
>about 250Kb/s on the bsd groups.  But I haven't done it myself, so
>perhaps someone else should comment...
>

I get about 210K/sec with 2 old 8bit WD8003 adapters.  I think that the
networking in 386bsd is alot better than linux.  Someone needs to
correct there FAQ.....


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