NAP/ISP Saturation WAS: Re: Exchanges that matter...

Fri Dec 20 02:05:47 UTC 1996

Tony Li wrote:
> 
> 
>    The fact remains that a ping packet stream a Linux 386SX would barely
>    notice maxes out a 7010 (far more powerful CPU) 
> 
> Bzzzt.  That's a 30Mhz 68040 you're talking about.  You're 386SX is on par

BZZZZTTT.
	   a 386sx is worth about as much as a 68020
	   not a 68040.  a mac/se30 (68030) runs rings around a 386sx
	   try running NetBSD and each

	   get excellent scaling benchmark code from
	   ftp://ftp.scl.ameslab.gov/pub/HINT/
jmb