Testing the GNIC-II (Hamachi) gigabit NIC

[Alan Cox]

> to recognize that there is a 64-bit card in a 32-bit PCI slot),
> I'm trying to do some benchmarks. The cards are in a back-to-back
> configuration between an Alpha-533 and a PentiumII-266.
> 
> Are there any TCP settings I can possibly tweak to improve 
> TCP performance on large file transfers ?

The biggest thing you want to do is to use 8K packets if the card
can support it, instead of 1500 byte frames for gig-E as
'aggregation media'

Alan

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