Jim, 1. Are the two systems connected over a cross over cable or through a Hub/Switch? 2. Are both the NIC's configured as 100MBPS Full Duplex? George On 4/16/05, Jim wrote: > My Linux box has two network cards in it. Both use the RTL8139 chipset. > One card connects to my dsl modem and the other connects to my > Windows box. The Windows box has a Linksys LNE100T card in it. > Everything is configured for 100Mbps, but I usually get about a third of > that. > > The Linux box is a Pentium 200. Someone told me the RTL cards don't > work well in slow machines like my Linux box because those cards depend > on the CPU to do some of the work that other network cards handle > themselves. > > Does this sound right? If so would one of the Intel Pro100 cards be a > better choice? > > Thanks > > Jim > > -- > In 08 vote for a crook you can trust. > Del Boy for President. > http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/onlyfools/uncovered/derek.shtml > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------- 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