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Date:      Mon, 27 May 1996 11:12:19 +0900 (JST)
From:      Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
To:        Andrew McRae <amcrae@cisco.com>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Routers and FreeBSD (let's have a bakeoff)
Message-ID:  <Pine.SV4.3.93.960527110554.23778B-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp>
In-Reply-To: <199605252123.OAA09917@doberman.cisco.com>

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On Sat, 25 May 1996, Andrew McRae wrote:

> Give me a observed pps on each interface, using mimimum sized packets.
> Ethernet can run around 13 or 14 Kpps, and a full duplex T1 will
> run around 7200 pps. The industry accepted minimum sized packet
> is 64 byte ether, 52 bytes serial (ether - mac header + serial encap).
> Can a PC really handle a total of 7200 + 14K + 14K = 35200 pps?
> I don't know - it's actually something I can test really easily,
> and it would be an interesting exercise for you to send me
> a sample config and then I can have a bakeoff in the lab.

I would like to see what a PC could do in a 2-ethernet and full duplex T1
configuration.

With ISDN it would be interesting to see what a PC could do with a 1 or 2
ethernet and >=2 PRI config.

> BTW this kind of config is very low end. I am much more interested
> if you put a couple of Fast Ethernets in and then run a 45 Mbit T3.
> *That's* a serious configuration :-)

I don't think most people would be interested in this today.  I think we
can all agree that we'll leave this to Cisco for now.

> If people are interested, I will publish the results.
> Again, full disclosure of the environment is important.

Count me in as very interested.

-mh




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