a3000, networking question

[patrik]

@koaftder:

I found the ttcp results from a friends A3000 on my harddrive. It has the original X-Surf card (the same card, except minor details).

Some details about his A3000 and software:
68030+68882/25MHz
2MB Chip, 8MB Fast
Buster 7
X-Surf
AmigaOS 3.1
AmiTCP 4.3

Amiga->PC (TCP):
ttcp-t: buflen=8192, nbuf=2048, align=16384/0, port=5001 tcp ->
10.95.1.73
ttcp-t: 16777216 bytes in 44.04 real seconds = 372.03 KB/sec +++
ttcp-t: 2048 I/O calls, msec/call = 22.02, calls/sec = 46.50
ttcp-t: 0:44real

Amiga->PC (UDP):
ttcp-t: buflen=8192, nbuf=2048, align=16384/0, port=5001 udp ->
10.95.1.73
ttcp-t: 16777216 bytes in 28.40 real seconds = 576.90 KB/sec +++
ttcp-t: 2054 I/O calls, msec/call = 14.16, calls/sec = 72.32
ttcp-t: 0:28real

PC->Amiga (TCP):
ttcp-r: buflen=8192, nbuf=2048, align=16384/0, port=5001 tcp
ttcp-r: 16777216 bytes in 32.56 real seconds = 503.19 KB/sec +++
ttcp-r: 2302 I/O calls, msec/call = 14.48, calls/sec = 70.70
ttcp-r: 0:32real


The TCP results are what you can expect as max for this hardware/software-configuration given well written network applications. Mark my words, inefficient network applications are very common on the Amiga.


/Patrik

[patrik]

@Castellen:

If you want some fast "samba action" , try it the other way - using the Amiga as a samba client with smbfs.

Smbfs very fast - it reaches a read speed of just a few Bytes under 500kByte/sec on my 030/25MHz A2000, when benchmarking it with diskspeed for the tests with 32kB and larger requests. Though, even at 4kByte requests, it clocks in at a respectable 350kByte/sec.

This is running Kick/WB 3.1, AmiTCP 4.3 and the network card is an A2065. When testing with ttcp, it manages to receive a bit over 500kByte/sec TCP traffic.


/Patrik