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From: reschly@BRL.MIL ("Robert J. Reschly Jr.")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: TCP benchmarking
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Date: 12 Apr 91 06:30:37 GMT
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> I've encountered another "benchmark."
>
> First try the 4.3BSD `ping -l9999999 target` and look at the packet rate.
>

   ...but before you do that, be sure your mbuf code is fixed.  On BSD
systems of early 4.3TAHOE vintage or earlier, you could get an mbuf
panic from all those unprocessed ICMP Echo Replies.  Sure surprised us.

				Later,
				    Bob

P.S.  It has been long enough to forget the exact details, but it was
caused by a mget() with DONT_WAIT flag set on a receive, or something
like that.