Re: poor ethernet performance?

[sthaug]

>       I am benefiting from it for sure.  I guess what I was asking
> originally was if the higher frequency rated cables will give it more
> headroom since the 100BaseTX ethernet does push CAT5 to the limit.

100BaseTX is specified to run on Cat5 cabling, and with proper Cat5
cabling you get a a BER of 10^-8 or better.

As long as your cabling meets the Cat5 spec, you'll get 100 Mbps -
there's no possibility of "more headroom" with cables rated to higher
frequency. Note that 100BaseTX is different from 10BaseT (but similar
to synchronous serial lines) in that there is always a signal present.
Note also that FreeBSD can easily saturate 100 Mbps Ethernet.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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