Slow connection

sharkey@superk.physics.sunysb.edu sharkey@superk.physics.sunysb.edu
Thu Mar 16 17:07:41 2000


> I got a realtek RTL8139 card saying with mii-diag etc that it has connected
> at 100Mbps,
> but when I test my connection speed it is only 1000Kb/s that's +/- 2 times
> 10Mbps,
> I know from my work that 100Mbps can go up to 3000-4000Kb/s...
> I use 1 side Linux(P90)

Are you sure your P90 is capable of sending/receiving data at such speeds?
It could be that your machine is simply incapable of sending enough data to
the card to keep it saturated, especially if you need to do any data
processing before sending (as with scp, for example).

Eric
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