Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263195AbTIGLzs (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Sep 2003 07:55:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263223AbTIGLzs (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Sep 2003 07:55:48 -0400 Received: from babsi.intermeta.de ([212.34.184.3]:4102 "EHLO mail.intermeta.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263195AbTIGLzr (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Sep 2003 07:55:47 -0400 Subject: Re: bandwidth for bkbits.net (good news) From: Henning Schmiedehausen Reply-To: hps@intermeta.de To: Ricky Beam Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Organization: INTERMETA - Gesellschaft =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=20f=C3=BCr?= Mehrwertdienste mbH Message-Id: <1062935718.5167.0.camel@uzi.hutweide.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 07 Sep 2003 13:55:18 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -5.2 () BAYES_00 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 854 Lines: 26 On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 18:43, Ricky Beam wrote: On 5 Sep 2003, Henning Schmiedehausen wrote: > >225kpps * 64 Bytes (minimum packet len) = 13,7 MBytes / sec > > > >100 MBit / 8 bit = 12,5 MBytes / sec > > > >So, IMHO even with a small packet saturated 100 MBit link you won't > >reach 225kpps. AFAIK this was Ciscos intention to publish this number. > >It basically says "you will have filled your link before you fill our > >router". > > 64B is the minimum ETHERNET frame size. That isn't true for PPP, HDLC, > Frame relay, ATM, etc. We were talking 100 MBit Ethernet, weren't we? ;-) Regards Henning - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/