Re: The network performance of linux

David Schwartz
2002-03-21T09:06:03Z

On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 21:12:19 -0800 (PST), Bergs wrote:

>I work on a linux 2.2.14 kernel to test the network
>throughput of a linux box used as a firewall.

>I find that when the IP packet length is 512B,the
>throughput is the highest 71%. IP packet length is
>smaller than 512B or bigger than 512B,the throughput
>is the lower.

>I don't know why this ? Can I have some solutions
>to improve the throughput of linux box ?

I don't understand what you're measuring. Are you using TCP or UDP? If UDP,
what exactly are you measuring? If TCP, how are you changing the packet size?