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| 158093 | 2003-07-08 13:46:00 | Which begs the question, how come you were using 10Mbit cards in the first place? A 100Mbit card is only about $23. ;) You can even get Gigabit cards for a $100+. Is my maths wrong? but does a 100Mbit card supposedly transfer at 12.5Megabytes/sec?? Someone do the maths :) |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 158094 | 2003-07-08 14:47:00 | the reason I have a 10mbps to begin with is because that is what is integrated on my board. From what I have learned so far, yes I do believe the 100mbps would equate to roughly 10 Megs per sec. Oh, and I had also failed to mention right at the start that the download of the 10MB file was through a hub. I have since transfered the same file using a crossover, and it seemed to be a wee bit faster, but only a fraction. |
jerry_23 (3745) | ||
| 158095 | 2003-07-08 22:13:00 | Get the 100Mbits/s cards. They will probably be full-duplex as well which would significantly increase your throughput if they are directly connected. | KiwiTT (4082) | ||
| 158096 | 2003-07-09 01:14:00 | If you have a careful look at the card, you'll see a 20MHz crystal oscillator. That's the 2X clock for a 10 Mbps 10BaseX Ethernet tranceiver. If you've got a working system why change? 10-15 seconds for a big file isn't slow. There is also the problem that some of the cheap 100 Mbps cards don't work. :D (Or they nearly work ... which is worse.) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 158097 | 2003-07-09 01:14:00 | OK, I need to know, how do i go about getting this 100Mbps thing. I made my way into the properties of the card that is installed now, and changed a setting from Automode to 100 full mode. The problem there was that it disconnected the card until I reset it to what it was. Question: Can the card I have now run at 100 by simply changing this setting properly, or do I have to actually buy another card? If so, what does the 100 in '10/100' mean? |
jerry_23 (3745) | ||
| 158098 | 2003-07-09 02:02:00 | Not sure, but you may need to make sure you have both cards configured the same, if they are directly connected. Before you connect them. I assume you have cat 5, cross-over cable If you go through your 10Mb hub, it will also disconnect. You need a 100mbs switch for full duplex if you want to use a device between them. DSE sell these. |
KiwiTT (4082) | ||
| 158099 | 2003-07-09 02:36:00 | Ahhh yes, Currently, I am going through a dse 5 port hub so thats probably why . Also, the card on the other machine does not have the same speed settings to set to 100, so it all makes sense . The reason I want more speed, (stop thinking about the 10Meg file for a moment) is that my original plan is to transfer 60 GB before I reformat . That damn stupid hub! |
jerry_23 (3745) | ||
| 158100 | 2003-07-09 03:43:00 | I can see your reasoning. 60GB would take over 16 hours. At 100 mb it will take less than 2 hours. |
KiwiTT (4082) | ||
| 158101 | 2003-07-09 03:58:00 | Why not install the destination disk in the source machine, and do a 60 GB copy? :D To run 100BaseT you need 100MHz rated components all the way ... hubs/switches/cables ... as well as the cards. Most of the 10/100 cards autodetect and work at the best speed, though you should be able to make them use one rate. Full duplex does not double the 100 MHz to 200 ; there is still a 100 MHz maximum rate in each direction. It's just that if cards will handle it, transfers can go both ways at once. |
Graham L (2) | ||
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