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From: ceharris@mal.com (Carl Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: 100BaseT tuning considerations?
Date: 22 Aug 1996 22:30:20 GMT
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Has anyone experimented with tuning the kernel to get the most out
of 100BaseT?  Seems like it could do better than the ~40 mbit/s I can
get with a stock kernel config.   I'm experimenting with transfers that
involve no with no disk I/O on a not-so-loaded system, equipped with a 
Pentium 120 and 32 megs EDO...

--
Carl Harris
Systems Engineer
CNS Research and Planning, Virginia Tech
ceharris@vt.edu