> Hi Michael, > > Thanks for your detail information and time spent. > > At 10:52 AM 1/5/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >AFAIK, you can't (could be wrong). You'd have much better success going > >through the hub. > > Can 2 Linux boxes (or one Linux box and one Win box) both having 10/100Mb > network cards installed be connected directly with cross-over cable for > file/data transfer without going through a hub.
Yes, they can. However, if you have a TRUE switch and not just a pseudo- switch (i.e. its not truly switching) then, as long as you don't overload the backplane bandwidth of the switch, you can run almost as fast through a switch as through a direct cable. The difference is in the short delay while the switch looks at the mac (and possibly) IP addresses in the packet before starting to send it along. (Assuming your switch does not hold the entire packet before sending it along - a bad thing if it does, 'cause then its just a non-configurable router!). > How to achieve the max speed 100Mb via a hub or connected directly ? Direct *might* be marginally faster, maybe. I'd say try an experiment... > >File (or data) > >transfers are handled via some sort of software. In the case of two Linux > >PCs, you could do so via NFS or via scp or sftp or even ftp. > > What is full term for scp and sftp ? Secure CoPy and Secure File Transfer Protocol. SCP is part of OpenSSH (and commercial SSH too I think). I forget if sftp is also... For raw speed, ftp has been, in my experience, the fastest, due to the lower overhead. However, its always good to do some experiments to see what's REALLY faster. Just beware of caching! > Thanks in advance. > > B.R. > Stephen Not sure if I answered the question that was asked, sorry if not! rc
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