[plug] gigabit lan

[Kev]

G'day all

I've just replaced 2 x 10/100 8 port switches (daisy chained) in our 
home p2p network with 1 x 16 port gigabit switch.  Most (but not all) of 
our home machines have gb nics on motherboard, including the 2 right 
here on my desk.  One has a Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller 
with the skge driver installed and the other has an Nvidia CK8S Ethernet 
Controller with the forcedeth driver installed.  These are the default 
drivers installed by Xandros.

I use only Samba on the network because there is a mix of Windoze and 
Linux machines at home and thus far (the last 3(ish) years) Samba has 
run flawlessly.  Even now Samba seems to be running OK.

The problem:  There appears to be no improvement in network speeds - no 
change at all.  Copying files between these 2 machines I have in front 
of me happens at about 3.6Mbytes/sec according to gkrellm.  I'm using 
good condition bought, moulded cat5E cables, each 2m long.  Only the 
switch between them.

A complicating factor is that I'm really NOT very technically adept, 
particularly with Linux and particularly with networking issues.

Perhaps someone out there might be able to ask me the right questions to 
elicit the information required to help me speed things along a little.


Tia
Kev

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