[plug] gigabit lan

[Daniel Pearson (Flashware Solutions)]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kev" <kdownes at tpg.com.au>
To: "PLUG" <plug at plug.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 7:05 PM
Subject: [plug] gigabit lan


> 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

What I see as the begging question though, is what brand is the switch? I've 
noted the same thing for a client using a cheap'ish TP-Link 16 port GB 
switch..

Do you have another gigabit switch you could borrow to try, even if its just 
to connect the 2 machines in question?

Cheers,
Dan.