What speed/type of CPU is in the computer that is hosting the USB 2.0 drive to the network?
--- In [email protected], "jjsmithin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I send data over my home LAN ethernet to a hard drive running on > a USB 2.0 its very slow data transfer. This is PC to PC over 100baseT > wired home LAN to do disk backups and XP sp2 on all machines. The > slowness occurs in the translation from 10baseT100 to the USB 2.0 and > the CPU is 100% utilized. > > Are there cards that offload the CPU processing needed to do this > translation? > > I have a PCI combo card (w/firewire), brand new installed. > > The following clues narrow the problem down to the USB to ethernet > conversion as the problem.: > > --PC to PC over ethernet from installed HD to installed HD is very fast. > --PC from its own C: drive to the USB 2.0 drive is very fast. > --but when do PC to PC over ethernet to save data on theh USB 2.0 > drive its very very slow...like 5x slower then drive C: to USB 2.0. > > Any thoughts? > -- If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
