On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Carlos Menezes wrote: > I have a DLINK 10/100 PCMCIA card (DFE-650TX) in my laptop (I installed > the last version of PCMCIA package: 3.1.20) and a Realtek 8139 PCI > 10/100 card in my desktop. The adapters are linked by a crossover cable > with RJ-45 plugs. > DFE-650TX is setted up to autonegociation (it is the only one option; > when I try ifport eth0 100baseT, a error message is displayed) and I can > set up the link mode at Realtek 8139 with mii-diag program. > I got only 8 Mbits/s at a ftp test by copying a 14Mbytes archive. > Does anyone have suggestions???
Is it a PCMCIA card or a PCcard ?? PCcards are much newer and are much faster (compare with ISA vs. PCI). I have a Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 pcmcia card and I get the same results as you have. At best it is at 100 Mbit/s just a little bit faster than at 10 Mbit/s but at 100Mbit it uses much more CPU time. So whenever I can choose between 10 MBit and 100 MBit, I have it set on 10 MBit. -- Tot ziens, Bart-Jan
