What is Good Throughput on Home Network

I have 2 linux machines connect via a cable router and CAT-5. When ftp-ing
from one to the other in binary mode, I get the following performance. Is
this reasonable, or should I expect better? Could disk speed be a
bottleneck? The source PC is circa 1999, but the target is circa 2002.

637000704 bytes sent in 01:29 (6.78 MB/s)

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 08:42:05 +0000, Buck Turgidson wrote:

> I have 2 linux machines connect via a cable router and CAT-5. When ftp-ing
> from one to the other in binary mode, I get the following performance. Is
> this reasonable, or should I expect better? Could disk speed be a
> bottleneck? The source PC is circa 1999, but the target is circa 2002.
>
> 637000704 bytes sent in 01:29 (6.78 MB/s)

I believe that is about what I have seen when ftp-ing. 6.78 mbytes =
approx 67.8 mbits; your connection is probably 100 mbits, and there is
some overhead.