Well I guess is a issue called shotgun marriage between USB and Ethernet. they dont work so fast together....so there is a not a ready solution with USB over network. Ill probably just go ahead and install a IDE drive and use it for backup on one fo the PCs.
thanks for the tips! --- In [email protected], "N. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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/
