-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Ed Wilts <ewilts at ewilts.org> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 01:23:11AM -0600, Yaron wrote: > > I'm getting like, 800K/second, though, which according to my math seems > > like the non-ideal version of a 10baseT network rather than the 100baseT > > that I actually have. > > > > Now, given that I'm tired, have a headache and am actually horrible at > > math even on a good day, it's not unlikely I've got something wrong here. > > So, anyone wanna tell that I'm wrong and that I don't need to rip the > > network apart tomorrow morning? > > This is really indicative of something not supporting full duplex when > you've told it too. Does ethtool confirm that the port is really at > full duplex? > > For starters, force both ends to half duplex and see if the speed goes > up. If it does, at least you know you have a duplex issue. > > .../Ed > I'll second Ed's recommendation. Years ago when all I had was a crappy hub (100/half-duplex), I could only get 700 to 800 k/sec. Now with a Netgear 16 port 10/100 switch I can regularly get 6 to 10 Meg/sec transferring files between machines (that includes Windows and Linux).