[Soekris] iperf and net4801

[Franck]

Hi,

>
> On 10 Jul 2007, at 14:34, Franck wrote:
>
>> i've little problem with net4801 and network speed. With iperf, max
>> speed
>> is 30bmps.
>>
>> sudo iperf -c 192.168.0.51 -i 3
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> [  3] local 10.1.1.251 port 56225 connected with 192.168.0.51 port
>> 5001
>> [  3]  0.0- 3.0 sec  10.4 MBytes  29.0 Mbits/sec
>> [  3]  3.0- 6.0 sec  10.4 MBytes  29.0 Mbits/sec
>> [  3]  6.0- 9.0 sec  10.4 MBytes  29.0 Mbits/sec
>> [  3]  0.0-10.0 sec  34.6 MBytes  29.0 Mbits/sec
>>
>> I've bering-uclinux 3.0.2 on CF with shorewall for routing
>>
>> Is it possible to increase network speed because 30 Mbps is very
>> small :(
>> Perhaps with sysctl ?
>
> Just did a quick test.  I get identical results (29.4 Mbits/sec)

Ok, thanks for the bench

> under FreeBSD 6.2 (with pfSense).  But still plenty quick enough for
> my ADSL, and of course it is a lower-power processor.

Yes, but for me, it's not ADSL. It's in a datacenter :(

> The net5501 is faster: an earlier post to this list reported that the
> 5501 could fill 100 Mbit Ethernet.

Hummm, good news :)

Regards

Franck
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