Are you seeing any errors on the interface (ifconfig)? On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, James McDonald wrote: > I have a problem with my network transfer speeds outgoing on my linux > box > > This is the transfer speed from a laptop to my linux box. > > ttcp -r -s -f m > ttcp-r: buflen=8192, nbuf=2048, align=16384/0, port=5001 tcp > ttcp-r: socket > ttcp-r: accept from 192.168.2.7 > ttcp-r: 16777216 bytes in 14.92 real seconds = 8.58 Mbit/sec +++ > ttcp-r: 11727 I/O calls, msec/call = 1.30, calls/sec = 785.91 > ttcp-r: 0.0user 0.2sys 0:14real 1% 0i+0d 0maxrss 0+2pf 0+0csw > > This is the transfer from the linux box to a laptop > > ttcpw -r -s -f m > ttcp-r: buflen=8192, nbuf=2048, align=16384/0, port=5001 tcp > ttcp-r: socket > ttcp-r: accept from 192.168.2.6 > ttcp-r: 1022872 bytes in 161.49 seconds = 0.05 Mbit/sec +++ > ttcp-r: 310 I/O calls, msec/call = 533.44, calls/sec = 1.92 > ttcp-r: > > note the transfer rate 8.58 Mbit/sec +++ for the laptop --> linux box > note the transfer rate 0.05 Mbit/sec +++ for the linux box --> laptop > > Now for the above tests I was using the embedded via-rhine lan adaptor on > an ASrock motherboard this is a 2 month old motherboard using 512MB RAM > and an Athlon 1GHz chip. > > Changing to a 8139too PCI card has given me 1.5MB/s both ways. > > Can anyone tell me what sort transfer speeds that I should be getting. I > would like to change out all my NIC's so that i get somewhere near the > advertised 100MB/s speeds.... > > Cheers > James >
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