On 18 Aug 00, at 21:08, Chuck wrote:
> I have a 100 meg small network at home between two computers. I
> found a program called NetIQ www.qcheck.net which checks throughput
> between two points. When this is run between my two machines I get
> a throughput of 29-32Mbps. Shouldn't this reflect closer to the
> 100 mbps? Could I have something wrong with this network? What
> should the throughput be on a 100 meg network leg?
>
> Thanks
Ethernet includes various overhads, including packet headers,
delays for collision detection, and so on. Utilization much above
10% of the *theoretical* bandwidth is relatively rare. 30% is
excellent, and does not indicate much of a problem.
David G
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