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From: raj@cup.hp.com (Rick Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 100BaseT ? (was: Ethernet Card Recommendations? )
Date: 8 Dec 1995 19:14:45 GMT
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Chris Mauritz (ritz@ritz.mordor.com) wrote:
: Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@violet.berkeley.edu) wrote:
: : In article <4a5q5d$4ha@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>,
: :  <dan@dna.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu> wrote:
: : >	In particular, the Intel Pro 100B, just top rated by PC Mag, is now
: : Support for this card is now in FreeBSD-current.
: Cool!  Any insights on the performance of this card as compared to
: the SMC card?  Does anyone have information on how to get the 

I don't know the numbers, but I do know the tool :) Netperf should
compile and run under FreeBSD without difficulty. With it, you can get
bandwidth and latency figures. Netperf, and the netperf database can
be found at:

  http://www.cup.hp.com/netperf/NetperfPage.html

happy benchmarking,

rick jones