On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 09:20:35AM -0700, Ed Flecko wrote: > One of the common discussions of different OSes are their own > implementations of the TCP/IP stack. Most of the authors seem to agree > that while different OSes have their pros and cons, most seem to agree > that in terms of pure, network performance, no OS is better that > FreeBSD! > > O.K., now you've got my curiosity... > > 1.) Do you agree?
What is the definition of best? I've saturated a 100 Mbps network link between two FreeBSD machines using nc(1) without the CPU's breaking a sweat. So it's definitely Good Enough wrt speed. And I don't see many dropped packets or errors. However it does not follow that there aren't other operating systems capable of the same. And it depends to a significant degree on the network hardware. Intel and 3com cards tend to work much better than e.g. Realtek. And a dodgy cable will ruin your day connection wise. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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