protocol matters too. SMB is very slow. FTP seems to be the best for me. On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 9:43 PM, 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 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 >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your 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 your 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 your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss