I have a wired network of 1 dual 2.5GHZ G5, 1 QS 733, 2 GigE G4s and a BW G3 plus a minolta printer. They all go into a Netgear 8 port gigabit router and then connect to the internet through a Netgear modem. The download speeds form the internet to all the machines except the G5 fluctuate between 20 and 30 KB/s. The G5 achieves download speeds of around 400 KB/s with the cable in the bottom of the 2 Ethernet ports. If I plug my Macbook into the network using the cable from the G5 I get between 20 - 30 KB/s. If I plug that same cable into the top port in the G5, the download speed drops to 20 - 30 KB/s. The modem is, allegedly, connect to the internet with a downstream speed of 7.9MB/s. I've tried swapping ports, cables etc and it always seems to show that the bottom port on the G5 is getting hugely better download speeds. Have I missed something? i'm bewildered (or maybe to tired to think it through any more)
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