Subject: Re: connection speed
From: W.D.McKinney (deem@wdm.com)
Date: Fri Feb 06 2004 - 13:48:15 AKST
On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 13:42, Mac Mason wrote:
> NFS...
>
> :-)
>
> So, maybe transferring several gigabytes of MP3s (how we test
> connections around here) isn't the most rigorous way of doing it.
>
>
> A working 100-base line will hit around 10 megs/sec over a short
> distance with NFS, assuming fast drives.
>
> ~Mac~
>
Not exactly. throughput is different than line speed.
On my system:
# locate mii-tool
/sbin/mii-tool
/usr/share/man/man8/mii-tool.8.gz
# /sbin/mii-tool
eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
So 100meg is what the NIC /dev/eth0 is set to, (line speed)
Dee
>
> On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 14:32, Greg Madden wrote:
> > What tool would tell me the speed of an existing eth connection?
> >
> > TIA
>
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