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

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
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> 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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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
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>
>>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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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.

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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.
> >
> >

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.



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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
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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