From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 17 11:25:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA04572 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 11:25:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from smtp02.primenet.com (smtp02.primenet.com [206.165.6.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA04556 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 11:25:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr02.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp02.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA01568; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 12:25:27 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr02.primenet.com(206.165.6.202) via SMTP by smtp02.primenet.com, id smtpd001499; Wed Dec 17 12:25:12 1997 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr02.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA04539; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 12:25:10 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199712171925.MAA04539@usr02.primenet.com> Subject: Re: 3com 3c509 card To: sthaug@nethelp.no Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 19:25:10 +0000 (GMT) Cc: grog@lemis.com, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <19822.882343067@verdi.nethelp.no> from "sthaug@nethelp.no" at Dec 17, 97 08:17:47 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > If you're trying to measure measure network performance, why don't you > use a tool which is suitable for the job? FTP is definitely not a good > tool for this job. I'd suggest ttcp or NetPerf. Uh, if "typical usage" is FTP, then how is that going to reflect what he can expect in typical usage? A car that can go 120MPH on the test track where there is no more than a 3% grade, but drops to 5MPH on real roads, is not a good car, no matter how well it benchmarks. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.