[lug] NIC Speed

[Stephen Queen]

> Ha!  I just posted a message about NIC speeds to the CLUE-TECH list.  Go
> figure.  Netcat seems to be usefull, as well as using the Tx an Rx bytes
> numbers from ifconfig.  There is also a program called NetPerf, which I
> have installed, but haven't ran yet.  So far, it seems that I am getting
> only about 30% of the advertised 100 Mb/s between my machines and my
> wife.  I have long suspeced that it was slower than it should be.  I am
> investigating solutions.
>

The advertised 100Mb/s is the maximum bit rate of the card, not the average
sustained speed. If you are getting 30% of the maximum sustained speed from
your NIC that would be in the acceptable or normal range.

Steve Queen