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Tony
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 Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 8:45 pm Post subject: LAN diagnostic software |
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I am using a new motherboard platform that has an integrated Realtek
10/100MBit interface on it. On my old system I was using a Netgear
10/100MBit NIC which I've had no complaints with. I have both installed in
my new system. I was wondering if there's a freeware utility that will allow
me to test each interface for things like bandwidth, collisions, retries,
packet fragmentation, etc... so that I can see if one is any better than the
other. I've tried both, and the integrated Realtek interface "seems" like it
isn't as smooth as the Netgear card, but I want to see the actual data to
compare. Unfortunately, I can't bring the LAN analyzer I use at work home,
so I'm willing to settle for a reasonable software solution (no, I don't
want to pay $8000 for HP Openview!). |
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dmac
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| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 1:38 am Post subject: Re: LAN diagnostic software |
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I think sisandra tests network bandwidth, but may be wrong.
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Dave M
Radeon 9800Pro 256mb
P4 2.8 oc to 3.1
"Tony" <tonyjunk@comcast.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I am using a new motherboard platform that has an integrated Realtek
10/100MBit interface on it. On my old system I was using a Netgear
10/100MBit NIC which I've had no complaints with. I have both installed in
my new system. I was wondering if there's a freeware utility that will
allow
me to test each interface for things like bandwidth, collisions, retries,
packet fragmentation, etc... so that I can see if one is any better than
the
other. I've tried both, and the integrated Realtek interface "seems" like
it
isn't as smooth as the Netgear card, but I want to see the actual data to
compare. Unfortunately, I can't bring the LAN analyzer I use at work home,
so I'm willing to settle for a reasonable software solution (no, I don't
want to pay $8000 for HP Openview!).
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Anton Gysen
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| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 2:06 am Post subject: Re: LAN diagnostic software |
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dmac wrote:
| Quote: | I think sisandra tests network bandwidth, but may be wrong.
It does but it's a bit crap. All the information I got out of it was "8 |
MByte/sec" which isn't very helpful. |
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- HAL9000
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| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 4:59 am Post subject: Re: LAN diagnostic software |
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Hey Tony, you may know about this.
With winxp I have discovered that while maximizing/minimizing a window
my cheap ethernet card stops receiving and transmitting while this
occurs. I also note that winxp tells me that my ethernet card is
using 255 hex of address space (E4012000 - E40120FF). Obviously not
enough space for a single, max size, packet. So, there is no way to
DMA a packet between the ethernet card and memory.
Is there a way to get rid of this max/min window and rcv/xmit stop
behavior? Do they have ethernet cards with 1 meg of buffer memory or
something like that?
Thanks,
Forrest
Motherboard Help By HAL web site:
http://home.comcast.net/~hal-9000/
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 09:45:55 -0500, "Tony" <tonyjunk@comcast.net>
wrote:
| Quote: | I am using a new motherboard platform that has an integrated Realtek
10/100MBit interface on it. On my old system I was using a Netgear
10/100MBit NIC which I've had no complaints with. I have both installed in
my new system. I was wondering if there's a freeware utility that will allow
me to test each interface for things like bandwidth, collisions, retries,
packet fragmentation, etc... so that I can see if one is any better than the
other. I've tried both, and the integrated Realtek interface "seems" like it
isn't as smooth as the Netgear card, but I want to see the actual data to
compare. Unfortunately, I can't bring the LAN analyzer I use at work home,
so I'm willing to settle for a reasonable software solution (no, I don't
want to pay $8000 for HP Openview!).
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TomG
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| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 7:30 am Post subject: Re: LAN diagnostic software |
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just for comparison, my Intel 10/100 NIC is using 9400-943F for I/O and two
memory areas: F7000000-F70FFFFF and F7108000-F7108FFF.
--
Thomas Geery
Network+ certified
ftp://geerynet.d2g.com
ftp://68.98.180.8 Abit Mirror <----- Cable modem IP
This IP is dynamic so it *could* change!...
over 120,000 FTP users served!
^^^^^^^
"- HAL9000" <gumpy@mail.org> wrote in message
news:br8cuvggerkqbqspmatmi9j59fuqgro4hb@4ax.com...
| Quote: | Hey Tony, you may know about this.
With winxp I have discovered that while maximizing/minimizing a window
my cheap ethernet card stops receiving and transmitting while this
occurs. I also note that winxp tells me that my ethernet card is
using 255 hex of address space (E4012000 - E40120FF). Obviously not
enough space for a single, max size, packet. So, there is no way to
DMA a packet between the ethernet card and memory.
Is there a way to get rid of this max/min window and rcv/xmit stop
behavior? Do they have ethernet cards with 1 meg of buffer memory or
something like that?
Thanks,
Forrest
Motherboard Help By HAL web site:
http://home.comcast.net/~hal-9000/
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 09:45:55 -0500, "Tony" <tonyjunk@comcast.net
wrote:
I am using a new motherboard platform that has an integrated Realtek
10/100MBit interface on it. On my old system I was using a Netgear
10/100MBit NIC which I've had no complaints with. I have both installed
in
my new system. I was wondering if there's a freeware utility that will
allow
me to test each interface for things like bandwidth, collisions, retries,
packet fragmentation, etc... so that I can see if one is any better than
the
other. I've tried both, and the integrated Realtek interface "seems" like
it
isn't as smooth as the Netgear card, but I want to see the actual data to
compare. Unfortunately, I can't bring the LAN analyzer I use at work
home,
so I'm willing to settle for a reasonable software solution (no, I don't
want to pay $8000 for HP Openview!).
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KJ
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| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 7:45 am Post subject: Re: LAN diagnostic software |
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more comparison info.
My PCI Intel PRO/100 S uses DB124000-DB124FFF and DB100000-DB11FFFF whilst
the integrated Realtek TRL 8139 only uses DB 126000-DB1260FF. I/O is
9000-903F and C400-C4FF, respectively.
"TomG" <tgeery-NOSPAM-@cox.net> wrote in message
news:VOrFb.26790$F22.13133@lakeread02...
| Quote: | just for comparison, my Intel 10/100 NIC is using 9400-943F for I/O and
two
memory areas: F7000000-F70FFFFF and F7108000-F7108FFF.
--
Thomas Geery
Network+ certified
ftp://geerynet.d2g.com
ftp://68.98.180.8 Abit Mirror <----- Cable modem IP
This IP is dynamic so it *could* change!...
over 120,000 FTP users served!
^^^^^^^
"- HAL9000" <gumpy@mail.org> wrote in message
news:br8cuvggerkqbqspmatmi9j59fuqgro4hb@4ax.com...
Hey Tony, you may know about this.
With winxp I have discovered that while maximizing/minimizing a window
my cheap ethernet card stops receiving and transmitting while this
occurs. I also note that winxp tells me that my ethernet card is
using 255 hex of address space (E4012000 - E40120FF). Obviously not
enough space for a single, max size, packet. So, there is no way to
DMA a packet between the ethernet card and memory.
Is there a way to get rid of this max/min window and rcv/xmit stop
behavior? Do they have ethernet cards with 1 meg of buffer memory or
something like that?
Thanks,
Forrest
Motherboard Help By HAL web site:
http://home.comcast.net/~hal-9000/
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 09:45:55 -0500, "Tony" <tonyjunk@comcast.net
wrote:
I am using a new motherboard platform that has an integrated Realtek
10/100MBit interface on it. On my old system I was using a Netgear
10/100MBit NIC which I've had no complaints with. I have both installed
in
my new system. I was wondering if there's a freeware utility that will
allow
me to test each interface for things like bandwidth, collisions,
retries,
packet fragmentation, etc... so that I can see if one is any better
than
the
other. I've tried both, and the integrated Realtek interface "seems"
like
it
isn't as smooth as the Netgear card, but I want to see the actual data
to
compare. Unfortunately, I can't bring the LAN analyzer I use at work
home,
so I'm willing to settle for a reasonable software solution (no, I
don't
want to pay $8000 for HP Openview!).
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Major Ninth
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| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 9:42 am Post subject: Re: LAN diagnostic software |
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how about netIQ QCHECK?
http://www.ixiacom.com/enterprise/Qcheck.php
-john
"Tony" <tonyjunk@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:SOOdnRUrWfl7LHiiRVn-iQ@comcast.com...
| Quote: | I am using a new motherboard platform that has an integrated Realtek
10/100MBit interface on it. On my old system I was using a Netgear
10/100MBit NIC which I've had no complaints with. I have both installed in
my new system. I was wondering if there's a freeware utility that will
allow
me to test each interface for things like bandwidth, collisions, retries,
packet fragmentation, etc... so that I can see if one is any better than
the
other. I've tried both, and the integrated Realtek interface "seems" like
it
isn't as smooth as the Netgear card, but I want to see the actual data to
compare. Unfortunately, I can't bring the LAN analyzer I use at work home,
so I'm willing to settle for a reasonable software solution (no, I don't
want to pay $8000 for HP Openview!).
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Amir Facade
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| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 10:24 am Post subject: Re: LAN diagnostic software |
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If you "can't bring the LAN analyzer I use at work home", then take your box
to work.
"Tony" <tonyjunk@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:SOOdnRUrWfl7LHiiRVn-iQ@comcast.com...
| Quote: | I am using a new motherboard platform that has an integrated Realtek
10/100MBit interface on it. On my old system I was using a Netgear
10/100MBit NIC which I've had no complaints with. I have both installed in
my new system. I was wondering if there's a freeware utility that will
allow
me to test each interface for things like bandwidth, collisions, retries,
packet fragmentation, etc... so that I can see if one is any better than
the
other. I've tried both, and the integrated Realtek interface "seems" like
it
isn't as smooth as the Netgear card, but I want to see the actual data to
compare. Unfortunately, I can't bring the LAN analyzer I use at work home,
so I'm willing to settle for a reasonable software solution (no, I don't
want to pay $8000 for HP Openview!).
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- HAL9000
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 5:36 am Post subject: Re: LAN diagnostic software |
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Thanks for the feedback guys.
I also checked a cheap DLink card. It too is using FF hex worth of
memory address space. Looks like I could use a better ethernet card.
All the Intel's look like they have buffers built in :-)
Forrest
Motherboard Help By HAL web site:
http://home.comcast.net/~hal-9000/
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 01:45:43 GMT, "KJ" <here@there.net> wrote:
| Quote: | more comparison info.
My PCI Intel PRO/100 S uses DB124000-DB124FFF and DB100000-DB11FFFF whilst
the integrated Realtek TRL 8139 only uses DB 126000-DB1260FF. I/O is
9000-903F and C400-C4FF, respectively.
"TomG" <tgeery-NOSPAM-@cox.net> wrote in message
news:VOrFb.26790$F22.13133@lakeread02...
just for comparison, my Intel 10/100 NIC is using 9400-943F for I/O and
two
memory areas: F7000000-F70FFFFF and F7108000-F7108FFF.
--
Thomas Geery
Network+ certified
ftp://geerynet.d2g.com
ftp://68.98.180.8 Abit Mirror <----- Cable modem IP
This IP is dynamic so it *could* change!...
over 120,000 FTP users served!
^^^^^^^
"- HAL9000" <gumpy@mail.org> wrote in message
news:br8cuvggerkqbqspmatmi9j59fuqgro4hb@4ax.com...
Hey Tony, you may know about this.
With winxp I have discovered that while maximizing/minimizing a window
my cheap ethernet card stops receiving and transmitting while this
occurs. I also note that winxp tells me that my ethernet card is
using 255 hex of address space (E4012000 - E40120FF). Obviously not
enough space for a single, max size, packet. So, there is no way to
DMA a packet between the ethernet card and memory.
Is there a way to get rid of this max/min window and rcv/xmit stop
behavior? Do they have ethernet cards with 1 meg of buffer memory or
something like that?
Thanks,
Forrest
Motherboard Help By HAL web site:
http://home.comcast.net/~hal-9000/
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 09:45:55 -0500, "Tony" <tonyjunk@comcast.net
wrote:
I am using a new motherboard platform that has an integrated Realtek
10/100MBit interface on it. On my old system I was using a Netgear
10/100MBit NIC which I've had no complaints with. I have both installed
in
my new system. I was wondering if there's a freeware utility that will
allow
me to test each interface for things like bandwidth, collisions,
retries,
packet fragmentation, etc... so that I can see if one is any better
than
the
other. I've tried both, and the integrated Realtek interface "seems"
like
it
isn't as smooth as the Netgear card, but I want to see the actual data
to
compare. Unfortunately, I can't bring the LAN analyzer I use at work
home,
so I'm willing to settle for a reasonable software solution (no, I
don't
want to pay $8000 for HP Openview!).
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Tony
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 6:22 am Post subject: Re: LAN diagnostic software |
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Unfortunately, HAL, I do not know how you might change this. While I have
some experience at work with networked systems, they are mostly Unix based,
and in many cases use in-house developed interface modules.
Both of the interface devices on my PC (the onboard Realtek and a Netgear
310TX PCI card) also use the same size address space.
- HAL9000 <gumpy@mail.org> wrote in message
news:br8cuvggerkqbqspmatmi9j59fuqgro4hb@4ax.com...
| Quote: | Hey Tony, you may know about this.
With winxp I have discovered that while maximizing/minimizing a window
my cheap ethernet card stops receiving and transmitting while this
occurs. I also note that winxp tells me that my ethernet card is
using 255 hex of address space (E4012000 - E40120FF). Obviously not
enough space for a single, max size, packet. So, there is no way to
DMA a packet between the ethernet card and memory.
Is there a way to get rid of this max/min window and rcv/xmit stop
behavior? Do they have ethernet cards with 1 meg of buffer memory or
something like that?
Thanks,
Forrest
Motherboard Help By HAL web site:
http://home.comcast.net/~hal-9000/
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 09:45:55 -0500, "Tony" <tonyjunk@comcast.net
wrote:
I am using a new motherboard platform that has an integrated Realtek
10/100MBit interface on it. On my old system I was using a Netgear
10/100MBit NIC which I've had no complaints with. I have both installed
in
my new system. I was wondering if there's a freeware utility that will
allow
me to test each interface for things like bandwidth, collisions, retries,
packet fragmentation, etc... so that I can see if one is any better than
the
other. I've tried both, and the integrated Realtek interface "seems" like
it
isn't as smooth as the Netgear card, but I want to see the actual data to
compare. Unfortunately, I can't bring the LAN analyzer I use at work
home,
so I'm willing to settle for a reasonable software solution (no, I don't
want to pay $8000 for HP Openview!).
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Tony
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 6:24 am Post subject: Re: LAN diagnostic software |
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I wish. I work in a secure environment. Taking personal electronics in and
out is frowned upon.
Amir Facade <amir_facade@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | If you "can't bring the LAN analyzer I use at work home", then take your
box
to work.
"Tony" <tonyjunk@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:SOOdnRUrWfl7LHiiRVn-iQ@comcast.com...
I am using a new motherboard platform that has an integrated Realtek
10/100MBit interface on it. On my old system I was using a Netgear
10/100MBit NIC which I've had no complaints with. I have both installed
in
my new system. I was wondering if there's a freeware utility that will
allow
me to test each interface for things like bandwidth, collisions,
retries,
packet fragmentation, etc... so that I can see if one is any better than
the
other. I've tried both, and the integrated Realtek interface "seems"
like
it
isn't as smooth as the Netgear card, but I want to see the actual data
to
compare. Unfortunately, I can't bring the LAN analyzer I use at work
home,
so I'm willing to settle for a reasonable software solution (no, I don't
want to pay $8000 for HP Openview!).
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