gigabit ethernet question

[Derek Trotter]

One of the machines runs windows xp.  The other runs either kubuntu 
10.04 LTS or windows xp.  Sometimes I and moving large files and 
sometimes smaller ones.  There's not a lot of difference between what os 
the machine is running or what's being transferred.  Although the 
transfer speed does drop a little when I'm moving small files.

I've read that cat6 is supposed to be used with gigabit ethernet, but i 
didn't know at such a short distance it would matter.  The next time I 
go to the store I'll get some cat 6.  If it doesn't make any difference 
at least I'll have a spare bit of cable if I need it.

thanks

On 2/18/2012 21:43, Mike Bydalek wrote:
> What's the data you're transferring?  Lots of small files (ie
> pictures) or large files (ISOs, MP4s, etc)?
>
> What's the OS of each side?
>
> The problem could be your cable as 1000BASE-T was made to work with
> Cat5, but Cat5 wasn't designed to work for 1000BASE-T.
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
> On Feb 18, 2012, at 9:36 PM, Derek Trotter<expat.arizonan at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> I have two computers sitting right next to each other connected via a 6 foot long piece of cat 5 I picked up at Wally World one day.  They both have gigabit ethernet cards in them.  Both machines recognize the connection as a gigabit connection, but I'm lucky to get half that.  Most of the time I get around 40%.
>>
>> Is there anything I can do to get the connection to work a bit faster?
>>
>> thanks
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