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On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 21:12:19 -0800 (PST), 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 ?

	I don't understand what you're measuring. Are you using TCP or UDP? If UDP, 
what exactly are you measuring? If TCP, how are you changing the packet size?

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