[syslinux] iPXE HTTP transfer at 1000Mbps

Patrick Masotta masottaus at yahoo.com
Sun Oct 25 04:42:17 PDT 2015


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On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 02:34:56AM +0000, Patrick Masotta via Syslinux wrote:
> Micheal Brown
> > 
> > iPXE's HTTP implementation is definitely not slow. On a Gigabit LAN, 
> > you should get the full 1000Mbps speed for HTTP downloads: a 200MB test 
> > file should transfer in under two seconds. For most practical OS boots, 
> > you won't even have time to read the text that iPXE displays on-screen.
> >
> HTTP at line speed (1Gb) on an iPXE client?
> I was never able to get anything even close to that.

Tell about your own setup.
Compare it with the other setup.
See where it differs.
Narrow the gap.

Groeten
Geert Stappers
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Sorry Geert but I think the one that has to talk about his setup and the gear 
used in his measurements (Spirent?, Ixia?, a school ruler?) should be the one 
that claims the above mentioned fantastic figures.
Best,Patrick


   


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