Re: Bottleneck

From: Randy Howard (randyhoward_at_FOOverizonBAR.net)
Date: 02/05/05

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    In article <sva601hck87pfn98cnhgsps9sbi0o9mp42@4ax.com>,
    dan@dontspammecauseidontlikit.com says...
    > On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 16:41:08 +0800, Dan
    > <dan@dontspammecauseidontlikit.com> wrote:
    >
    >
    > Thanks to all for the replies.
    >
    > The NICs are only one link in the chain, and both are 100 Mbit, so
    > there should be no problem.

    There is probably no NIC on the market that can't keep up with an
    8mbit feed. Come on.

    > All of the packets passing through are processed and directed by the
    > kernel. I'm curious as to what a 166 Mz Pentium would be capable of
    > processing. I've done some download tests and seem to get near the
    > top speed.

    If you want to know what your machine is capable of, run two systems
    on your local network at 100mbit link. Run something like ttcp,
    there are a bunch of choices there. See what you get. If your
    machine isn't the bottleneck, you'll get better than 8mbit, probably
    far better. Otherwise, your upgrade isn't goint to be so exciting.

    Bear in mind that for the price of a few months' high-speed broadband
    access you can have a brand new "starter PC" with a processor orders
    of magnitude faster, with more memory, bigger harddrive, and gigabit
    ethernet on the motherboard.

    > I've noticed that it tends to slow down part way into
    > large files, but it's hard to say what's causing this.

    That depends on the site you are downloading from too. Try something
    like dslreports.com and see what you get there, but do it about 3am
    in the morning (US time) for best results. 

    -- 
Randy Howard (2reply remove FOOBAR)
"Making it hard to do stupid things often makes it hard
 to do smart ones too." -- Andrew Koenig
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