[KLUG Members] Throughput speeds 10/100

[Adam Williams]

>> my netgear 16bit card pulls 4-6 MB/s on a congested lotso-collisions
>(clip monster wuz here)
>> with less CPU utilization than Dlink crap and costs between the same and
>> 5 dollars more... (the dlinks use RT8139.... icky!!)
>I am using RT8139 and have had no problems in since installation (several
>months) that could be attributed to either the cards or the drivers. What
>I would like to know is how to measure throughput across my home lan.

I just take the performance statistics reported by scp (SSH file copy) as
all my boxes have sshd running.  Sure it adds the overheads of encryption
and some compression, but on a "modern" box that should be irrelevent.
One can spend huge amounts of time arguing about what a "correct"
benchmark is,  I go with "close enough for hand gernades".  It will at
least make clear when performance is lousy.

>Yes, I am clueless and lost in a large galaxy with no direction home and
>only 37 cents for bus fare. Clue me in, if you will.

Earth is towards the edge (assuming that is your home).  On my star chart
there is a white arrow that must be couple of thousand light years long
indicating the position of our solar system, that should be clearly
visible from anywhere this side of the galactic center.  The real question
is who took these pictures of the milky way?

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