Expected network throughput on Mediator?

[matthey]

Hi Heiroglyph,

I'm the Matt Hey with the Mediator+Genesis results you found on EAB. I do have a very fast 68060 and memory so my results are probably not obtainable by most 68060 owners. There seems to be some bottleneck on my system also as my results vary between fast and slow. I have no connection or stability problems though.

I don't know what is causing your problems so I will give you my working setup.

3000T, CSMK3 68060@75MHz, AmigaOS 3.9 with fixes

My ENVARC:Mediator variables:

FastEthernet 0
MMU YES
VoodooInt YES (may be different depending on gfx board)
VoodooMem 30 (I have a Voodoo 4 so this will likely be different for you)

Library and device versions:

Libs:68060.library 43.4 Mu/MMU.lib from ThoR
Devs:Networks/FastEthernet.device 1.25
Libs:pci.library 9.7
Libs:Picasso96/Voodoo.card 4.34

Note that some of my versions are older because of new bugs.

I uninstalled Roadshow and installed Genesis (yuk)

Genesis isn't that bad is it? It has a GUI with a choice of ClassAct or MUI and it is fast.

My Genesis prefs:

(Interface tab)
Name: FastEthernet
Comment:
IP Address: 192.168.0.100 (static)
Destination:  (dynamic)
Gateway: 192.168.0.1 (static)
NetMask: 255.255.255.0 (specify)
MTU: 1500
Params:

[matthey]

I have no MMU variable and MedConfig isn't asking me about one. I'll manually set it and see what happens.

Edit: Setting MMU didn't seem to change anything.

The Radeon Memory is set to 32 and RadeonMemOS = YES.

Yes, the directions have changed over the years but my old config still works. It's probably not the best for a new Radeon Mediator setup though.

I'm using the same 060 library and fast ethernet device.

My PCI library is 9.10 though.

I had problems with the new pci.library 9.8+. The screen will lose sync while using some Warp3D programs (Alan Thellier's Cow3D for example). I don't know if this would be a problem with 2D apps or the Radeon driver but there was at least one bug introduced after pci.library 9.7. The new pci.library is supposed to allow faster ethernet speed with fast ethernet but I wonder if it is broken or the timings are too tight for some setups.

You could try to find an old Voodoo 3 for testing. This would allow you to play with Warp3D programs also.