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slow network - NIC config?
Hello
I have 2 PCs Windows 98 (SE) with a 3COM3c905-TX NIC and XP Pro with SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI (SMC 1211TX) NIc connected via a 10/100 switch and the file transfer seems very slow. ie can move 3 MB file in 15 secs - approx 2mbps if my maths is correct !?! Any ideas please? Cheers Geoff |
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The fastest connection I have gotten is with two PCs connected via a
cross-over cable and using NetBeui ( not over TCP/IP ). This method gets about 10mbps. Technically my connection should be much higher since I have 1Gigabit network cards installed on the PCs...however, I don't think Win98SE supports gigabit transfer rates. Geoff Cox wrote in message ... Hello I have 2 PCs Windows 98 (SE) with a 3COM3c905-TX NIC and XP Pro with SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI (SMC 1211TX) NIc connected via a 10/100 switch and the file transfer seems very slow. ie can move 3 MB file in 15 secs - approx 2mbps if my maths is correct !?! Any ideas please? Cheers Geoff ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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The fastest connection I have gotten is with two PCs connected via a
cross-over cable and using NetBeui ( not over TCP/IP ). This method gets about 10mbps. Technically my connection should be much higher since I have 1Gigabit network cards installed on the PCs...however, I don't think Win98SE supports gigabit transfer rates. Geoff Cox wrote in message ... Hello I have 2 PCs Windows 98 (SE) with a 3COM3c905-TX NIC and XP Pro with SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI (SMC 1211TX) NIc connected via a 10/100 switch and the file transfer seems very slow. ie can move 3 MB file in 15 secs - approx 2mbps if my maths is correct !?! Any ideas please? Cheers Geoff ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Chris wrote:
The fastest connection I have gotten is with two PCs connected via a cross-over cable and using NetBeui ( not over TCP/IP ). This method gets about 10mbps. Technically my connection should be much higher since I have 1Gigabit network cards installed on the PCs...however, I don't think Win98SE supports gigabit transfer rates. It surely does. Only a few minutes ago I transferred a 2 GB +/- file at a rate of about 132 Mbps (16 MBps) over TCP/IP. Geoff Cox wrote in message ... Hello I have 2 PCs Windows 98 (SE) with a 3COM3c905-TX NIC and XP Pro with SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI (SMC 1211TX) NIc connected via a 10/100 switch and the file transfer seems very slow. ie can move 3 MB file in 15 secs - approx 2mbps if my maths is correct !?! Any ideas please? Cheers Geoff ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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Chris wrote:
The fastest connection I have gotten is with two PCs connected via a cross-over cable and using NetBeui ( not over TCP/IP ). This method gets about 10mbps. Technically my connection should be much higher since I have 1Gigabit network cards installed on the PCs...however, I don't think Win98SE supports gigabit transfer rates. It surely does. Only a few minutes ago I transferred a 2 GB +/- file at a rate of about 132 Mbps (16 MBps) over TCP/IP. Geoff Cox wrote in message ... Hello I have 2 PCs Windows 98 (SE) with a 3COM3c905-TX NIC and XP Pro with SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI (SMC 1211TX) NIc connected via a 10/100 switch and the file transfer seems very slow. ie can move 3 MB file in 15 secs - approx 2mbps if my maths is correct !?! Any ideas please? Cheers Geoff ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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Geoff Cox wrote:
Hello I have 2 PCs Windows 98 (SE) with a 3COM3c905-TX NIC and XP Pro with SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI (SMC 1211TX) NIc connected via a 10/100 switch and the file transfer seems very slow. ie can move 3 MB file in 15 secs - approx 2mbps if my maths is correct !?! Any ideas please? Cheers Geoff No chain is stronger than its weakest link. Perhaps the CPU in one of the machine isn't keeping up? Or the disk drive on the sending or receiving end? See if FTP (in binary mode) is quicker, assuming your timings are done on file sharing type transfers. Watch the status lights on the disk drives, NICs, and switch as a transfer takes place for clues. Check that full/half duplex and speed settings are appropriate and compatible on both ends. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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Geoff Cox wrote:
Hello I have 2 PCs Windows 98 (SE) with a 3COM3c905-TX NIC and XP Pro with SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI (SMC 1211TX) NIc connected via a 10/100 switch and the file transfer seems very slow. ie can move 3 MB file in 15 secs - approx 2mbps if my maths is correct !?! Any ideas please? Cheers Geoff No chain is stronger than its weakest link. Perhaps the CPU in one of the machine isn't keeping up? Or the disk drive on the sending or receiving end? See if FTP (in binary mode) is quicker, assuming your timings are done on file sharing type transfers. Watch the status lights on the disk drives, NICs, and switch as a transfer takes place for clues. Check that full/half duplex and speed settings are appropriate and compatible on both ends. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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"CJT" wrote in message ... Chris wrote: The fastest connection I have gotten is with two PCs connected via a cross-over cable and using NetBeui ( not over TCP/IP ). This method gets about 10mbps. Technically my connection should be much higher since I have 1Gigabit network cards installed on the PCs...however, I don't think Win98SE supports gigabit transfer rates. It surely does. Only a few minutes ago I transferred a 2 GB +/- file at a rate of about 132 Mbps (16 MBps) over TCP/IP. I'm very interested to find out how you're getting this transfer rate! Do you mind posting what you did to reach that speed? Windows updates, registry settings or gigabit router? TIA Chris. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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slow network - NIC config?
"CJT" wrote in message ... Chris wrote: The fastest connection I have gotten is with two PCs connected via a cross-over cable and using NetBeui ( not over TCP/IP ). This method gets about 10mbps. Technically my connection should be much higher since I have 1Gigabit network cards installed on the PCs...however, I don't think Win98SE supports gigabit transfer rates. It surely does. Only a few minutes ago I transferred a 2 GB +/- file at a rate of about 132 Mbps (16 MBps) over TCP/IP. I'm very interested to find out how you're getting this transfer rate! Do you mind posting what you did to reach that speed? Windows updates, registry settings or gigabit router? TIA Chris. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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slow network - NIC config?
Make sure that you are doing the following:
1) using high quality cables with ALL 8 wires connected. 2) all node connections are set at 100Mbps, full duplex 3) there is only 1 NDIS or ODI compliant protocol in the network stacks on each computer. 4) make sure that your MTU is set to the maximum for the protocol you are using. If you are using ethernet, use Dr. TCP to set the MTU to 1518 bits 5) remember that in using most any protocol suite you also have to also have to transmit a lot of addressing and error correction overhead. Your data isn't the only thing being transmitted across the wire. 6) You might want to try using a cross-over cable instead of the switch for your P2P interconnect. The switch will have a little bit of ASIC processing addressing delay that has to be accounted for. 7) use a lightweight protocol suite. TCP/IP is pretty resource intensive. You might want to try IPX/SPX (make sure that the frame types match up). Geoff Cox wrote in message ... Hello I have 2 PCs Windows 98 (SE) with a 3COM3c905-TX NIC and XP Pro with SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI (SMC 1211TX) NIc connected via a 10/100 switch and the file transfer seems very slow. ie can move 3 MB file in 15 secs - approx 2mbps if my maths is correct !?! Any ideas please? Cheers Geoff |
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