Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Mar 2002 21:20:08 -0800 | From | Mike Fedyk <> | Subject | Re: The network performance of linux |
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 09:12:19PM -0800, Bergs wrote: > > I work on a linux 2.2.14 kernel to test the network > throughput of a linux box used as a firewall. > > I find that when the IP packet length is 512B,the > throughput is the highest 71%. IP packet length is > smaller than 512B or bigger than 512B,the throughput > is the lower. > > I don't know why this ? Can I have some solutions > to improve the throughput of linux box ? > >
You'll need to post much more info about your hardware.
start with lspci and /proc/cpuinfo...
Also you didn't say how fast each packet size actually was, and did you use a switch or what other type of network hardware.
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