Trishan Arul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> Does file sharing over TCP/IP work faster than Appletalk?  I stopped copying
> nearly 2GB since the dialogue box estimate was over 3 hours.  I would like
> to get closer to the 10Mbps Ethernet speed.  Am I better off setting up web
> sharing and using an FTP client?  Any ideas welcome!

I'm all eyes for the answer too!  As I recall a recent tranfer from my
Performa 6300 to my Powerbook G3/333, your dialogue box estimate is in the
right ball park.  I suspect the choke point is in the bus speed of my old
6300 and your dock.

If I make some rough calculations correctly, it would take 27 minutes to
tranfer a 2GB file over a 10Mbps Ethernet at 100 percent efficiency.  If you
go for an optimistic efficiency, maybe 20 percent (comments please?), you
are looking at two hours and 15 minutes.
--
Al Poulin

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