From: "Stan Sidlov" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2600528 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:07:02 -0400 Received: from secmgr-va.2rosenthals.com ([162.83.95.194] helo=mail2.2rosenthals.com) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1OgecX-0006Yd-92 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:07:02 -0400 Received: from mail-pv0-f174.google.com ([74.125.83.174]:63865) by mail2.2rosenthals.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OgecU-00036x-1S for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:06:58 -0400 Received: by pvc7 with SMTP id 7so2441562pvc.33 for ; Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:06:56 -0700 (PDT) X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A02020A.4C597402.021B,ss=1,fgs=0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:from:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id :subject:to:content-type; bh=af/Ymz5O0oybdiMd5qwcOmYP+v4E5eTJIxhMXuo4XUY=; b=d+se1uUaEVHwNlGXfAzzVRwSDPJSq/17Dax9HBRlmL0iK/sLcjXWKpbCSy5EqkrKq+ uKHZXorW8By/Sx+dcPXu69iVzLT1FJv5WuBaKmumJ62y4isw4rlVgv9va0ieiQsEFHdQ Z8vfvqobpm0W/iQjnxsmw65UaoQMS2/MaPt0M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type; b=RUyOhEOG/14q907vvfZsWNjLLjHpNMx6YbQW3upefce3eOJfCzBgO1/DutVZTeUSzU tB/sTq3qrNUatd+Z7+T8XGzz4wMUWtZLU/QqrvUsP5NTbUDizpz/nJuGVe9xQ+xtG8JM BgZx9mg8TRw4gm7BjcaRo9/BUt7fefnbTQtWU= Received: by 10.114.74.16 with SMTP id w16mr10505325waa.179.1280930816705; Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:06:56 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: sbsidlov@gmail.com Received: by 10.220.71.9 with HTTP; Wed, 4 Aug 2010 07:06:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:06:36 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ribvFTbx01RZVLgE_RDj3Djiw2k Message-ID: Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] miniPCI wireless card compatibility, older and newer Thinkpads To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001636417d4d4fc738048cfff295 --001636417d4d4fc738048cfff295 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 This is probably the limit of the hardware disk drive and the chipset.... you said a T42? it's still IDE not SATA.... and even a 3GB/s SATA may only have a sustained throughput of 200mbps without raid arrays. On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Lewis G Rosenthal < os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote: > Hi again... > > >> >> > 10MBs = 80Mbps, which is good, considering the transfer overhead. That > said, when testing gigabit adapters, I've found that I really need to test > them at gigabit widths (speeds, for those lurkers who think along those > lines, though "speed" is more accurately a measurement of latency - or > vice-versa). When Doug & I were futzing about with the Broadcom drivers, we > tested via a gigabit switch as well as via CAT-6 crossover (which gives an > indication of how much bandwidth is lost in switching overhead). We used > netio, BTW. > > Interesting; thanks. Maybe we'll (I'll) have a chance to do some > measurements at Warpstock this weekend. Wired or not, I'll post some results > if I do. ;-) > > > > > --001636417d4d4fc738048cfff295 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is=A0probably=A0the limit of the hardware disk drive and the chipset..= .. you said a T42? it's still IDE not SATA.... and even a 3GB/s SATA ma= y only have a sustained throughput of 200mbps without raid arrays.

<= div class=3D"gmail_quote"> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Lewis G Rosenthal <os2-wireless_users@2ros= enthals.com> wrote:
Hi again...


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10MBs =3D 80Mbps, which is good, considering the transfer overhead. That sa= id, when testing gigabit adapters, I've found that I really need to tes= t them at gigabit widths (speeds, for those lurkers who think along those l= ines, though "speed" is more accurately a measurement of latency = - or vice-versa). When Doug & I were futzing about with the Broadcom dr= ivers, we tested via a gigabit switch as well as via CAT-6 crossover (which= gives an indication of how much bandwidth is lost in switching overhead). = We used netio, BTW.

Interesting; thanks. Maybe we'll (I'll) have a chance to do some me= asurements at Warpstock this weekend. Wired or not, I'll post some resu= lts if I do. ;-)





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