Time taken for send/receive.

cathode23_at_gmail.com
Date: 08/29/05 

Date: 29 Aug 2005 14:13:34 -0700

Hi All,

Does anybody know of any study conducted to benchmark the linux
networking stack?

Typically does it take more instructions to process an incoming packet
when compared to sending a packet?

Eg. If an application does a send and if we are studying the processing
below the TCP/UDP layer, till the packet is given the NIC drivers, does
it take more time to send a packet than to process an incoming one?

Its well known that encoding takes more time than decoding, what about
send and receive of a particular IP packet?

Any pointers on this will be highly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ajay

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