I am sure each are sitting by their machines waiting for this, so now you can relax.
If you recall I was sending a 539 meg file from one machine to another, using 10/100 switches, going through a distribution panel on the wall that I am sure most of you know what the formal name is, I just make them up to try and best describe. I would send a picture but can't get it through the entrance gates Less has set for us. The speed from the iMac to the MacBook Pro was something like 53.8 seconds, I didn't think that was bad but then I purchased a Cisco switch that was 10/100/1000 and from one machine to another it was 10.8 seconds! Good grief what a difference. So now the test was to get a second Cisco switch to place on the wall where I have so many items connected, two more computers, Airport Express, two printers, etc. That arrived yesterday, got it all hooked up. and the average speed now is 12.8. I did hit the 10.8 once and there were a couple times it was in the high teens. So, going through the distribution panel, and the Cat5e cables slows it just a bit (2 seconds) so I am VERY happy with this increase. Now I will slowly begin changing out the other switches in the house to make the feed to the Apple TV's and the DSL network a bit faster. Now, sit back and relax, as Paul Harvey used to say "And that's the rest of the story". John _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
