Silly question I don't know much about this but I'm trying to get 100BaseTX to work in my internal network. Are you using CAT 5 or better cable? On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 01:03, Emmanuel Gravel wrote: > I recently purchased a dual-speed full-duplex switch (TrendWare brand, > got it relatively cheap). Decided to check the speed by transfering > large files (more than 100MB). Linux to Windows, I get 2.4-2.8 MB/s. > Windows to Linux, I get 0.8 MB/s at best. I've tried transfering only > from one to the other, then full duplex transfers, and I get the same > numbers. > > Now, to start with, 2.8MB/s is better than what I'd get at 10Mb/s but > it's not quite as fast as I expected it to be. But the other side of the > equation is pretty bad. Both cables between the computers and the switch > are the same, they're fully molded, factory quality, I got them when I > purchased my first (10Mb/s) hub. Network cards are Kingston KNE100TX on > the Windows system, and Intel EtherExpress 100's for the Linux system > (two, the Linux system is my firewall). Obviously all transfers of those > sizes are done on the internal IP's only, and using an FTP client on > Windows (push/pull). > > Does anyone know how I could trace the issue and resolve it? > > Thanks! > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Carl Parrish (cparrish@carlparrish.com) http://www.carlparrish.com --- Registered Linux User #295761 http://counter.li.org