Gigabit Ethernet Benchmarks
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Test Setup:
Host machine
Dual P-III Xeon 1.7Ghz
Supermicro P4DC6+ Motherboard (Intel I860 chipset)
1G RAM - Infineon ECC RDRAM 512x2
GeForce3 AGP Video Card
Linux 2.4.18 SMP Kernel
Switch
Extreme Networks 6816
cat5e cable, approx 150ft cable lengths
Network test
Tests were performed on the following cat5 network cards:
Netgear GA620T using Acenic driver built into 2.4.18 kernel
Netgear GA622T using 820c driver built into 2.4.18 kernel
Intel Pro/1000T Server using e1000 module version 4
Intel Pro/100 using 2.4.18 kernel driver
For each test, netpipe v2.4 was used to stream data from the "server"
host using the command NPtcp -t -h host_ip
-P, while the client host ran NPtcp -r.
The client host card was a Netgear GA620T, the server host card
varied between the gigabit cards listed above. Intel Pro/100 results
are included as a baseline for comparision between gigabit and
10/100 performance.
Network Performance Results(Netpipe):
