Hi list, >> I have a PowerBook 540c that has the AAUI port built-in and the AAUI >> to >> RJ45 transciever. I was wondering what kind of performance should I >> expect on that setup? I don't think I get more than like 150 Kb/s >> maximum and more like 30-50 Kb/s. Would it make sense to get a >> different transciever or a PCMCIA 10/100 card I could put in my PC >> card >> cage? > Is that Kbits or Kbytes? How is this speed being measured? What are > you connecting to? > How are you measuring this speed? Are you going by how fast web
Obviously I should be clearer. I have the 'Bird connected to a 10/100 switch of my network where I have other macs: G4, G3, iMac and a TiBook. I tried also connecting with a crossover ethernet cable directly to computers, even to the GigaBit ports of G4 or the TiBook. The results I get (30-50 Kb/s and max 150 Kb/s) are of course in kilobytes per second and measured with stopwatch or SpeedDoublers Finder copy speed reporting. I transfer files on my local network where I should be getting more like 500 Kb/s since the AAUI on the PB540 is 10 Mbit/s. If I do launch iCab to do some surfing it feels very slow and I bet a lot of it is due poor network performance. I am connected to the Internet with Cable (2 Mbit/s) so that should not be a problem. I thought that perhaps the internal disk is going flaky and have tried copying files from a CompactFlash (in an PCMCIA CF adapter in a PC card cage) and got about 400-500 Kb/s transfers so the problem must be in the network. Either the AAUI is so slow or the transciever is. that's why I thought that a PCMCIA 10/100 (or just plain 10 Mbit/s) might do better. What do you think? I also considered putting a wireless card in it since I do have AirPort inhouse as well. Regards, Boris > PS: What country code is ".si?" .si is Slovenia -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
