On 06/12/2014 20:24, Pete Mundy wrote: > I've done loads of 1Gbit testing using the entry-level MacBook Air and a > Thunderbolt Gigabit Ethernet adapter though, and I disagree with Saku's > statement of 'You cannot use UDPSocket like iperf does, it just does not > work, you are lucky if you reliably test 1Gbps'. I find iperf testing at > 1Gbit on Mac Air with Thunderbolt Eth extremely reliable (always > 950+mbit/sec TCP on a good network, and easy to push right to the 1gbit > limit with UDP.
i've found that the tb gigabit ethernet adapter starts dropping udp packets at around 600-650mbit/sec on iperf (mbp, MC976xx/A model). Nick