Are Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I bought a card, made by Sunsway/ST Lab. The actual chip on the card >said 8100C, but this seems to be interchangable with the 8139 >mentioned. I inserted the card, installed the driver, and it worked >straightaway. > >BUT: I timed copying a 30 Mb file from the server (now with the new >10/100 card) to another 100 MBps Mac, and it took exactly as long as >with the built-in 10 MBps ethernetport! I didn't expect a real 10 times >speed boost, but maybe double? > >So I am wondering, maybe the new card runs only on 10 MBps? The driver >was just an extension for the System Folder (9.0), and no Control Panel >to set things. Could it be my switch, even though its specs say 10/100 >MBps?
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