[techtalk] network speeds...

[Beverly Guillermo]

There are other factors to consider in doing a network speed benchmark, not
just the card itself.  It depends also on the connection to the network,
whether you are using a hub or a router.  Now as I recall, if you're using
hubs, the lower transfer rates could be interference from other concurrent
use on the network.  In using a router, it's different.  I could transfer
10GB from one computer to another in less then 15 minutes using a router and
100T configuration.  I'm not sure what the transfer rate was exactly but I
think it was pretty fast.

For the software, are you using Windows or Linux?  In other words, what OS
do you need the net statistics software to run on?

Beverly

> Can anyone tell me a network speed benchmark
> site or utility? I'm curious what would be considered
> 'normal' transfer rates on a 100 BT network.
>
> I'm using analogx's Netstat utility on my
> win98 box. When transferring from my rhl server
> I'm getting 6.3 MB per sec, when transferring
> to the server I get 2.5MB. Is this fast? Slow? etc...
> And why the massive difference in speed?
>
> Also, what does the load average under uptime signify?
>