[c-nsp] 100 meg throughput

[Robert Blayzor]

Paul Stewart wrote:
> How much throughput should we expect to see on a copper FastE
> connection?  This connection is used to backhaul Internet traffic and is
> starting to hit the 80 meg mark on occasion....

That all depends on how good the equipment is on both ends of the line.
 On a 100BaseTX connection as long as it's clean it shouldn't matter
what media it runs over.  The real question is can the equipment on both
ends switch packets fast enough to fill the pipe.

-- 
Robert Blayzor, BOFH
INOC, LLC
rblayzor\@(inoc.net|gmail.com)
PGP: 0x66F90BFC @ http://pgp.mit.edu
Key fingerprint = 6296 F715 038B 44C1 2720  292A 8580 500E 66F9 0BFC

Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers.  - Leonard Brandwein