Re: Linux V2.1.128 localhost performance

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Fri, 20 Nov 1998 08:55:43 -0500 (EST)


On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Alan Cox wrote:

> > I also noticed 98% packet loss when doing ping -f localhost on 2.1.127.
>
> So get a non buggy ping client, the kernel is just fine
>

Maybe the new ping has bugs, I don't know. What I do know is that
throughput off from chargen via localhost runs at a high speed for
about 1/2 second, then dribbles down to 40-50 kilobytes per second.
This makes it difficult to test the performance of network thingies.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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