People, I can not believe it. I'm not doubting about information sent by Jared, but how is possible this kind of misinformation by DLINK???????? If I buy 1 10/100 PCMCIA card, it's clear that I intend to use it at 100 Mbps.........:-(( Am I wrong?? Please, send me suggestions!
Carlos Menezes. Jared Valentine wrote: > PCMCIA = 16bit = Maximum of 15-20mbps throughput (this is a limitation of the > 16-bit bus...) > Cardbus = 32bit = full 100mbps throughput (as long as the rest of the laptop > can handle it) > > PC Card is used interchangably between the two. The DFE-650TX is only a > 16-bit PCMCIA card, and therefore won't get anything over 20mbps. Now why is > the throughput at 8mbps? Your guess is as good as mine... > > Jared Valentine > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > At 07:18 PM 9/14/2000 +0200, Bart-Jan Vrielink wrote: > >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 > > > > > >-- > >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
