I was wondering what real-world speeds are of a 100base-t network really are.
I've got (3) machines here at home, connected to one another via a Linksys router/switch. It uses the switch for the LAN side and it's rated at 100mb/s (or is it mB/s ??). All network cards are also rated for 100mb/s. The lights on the switch indicate that they're connecting at that speed also. Now, between my machine and my "file server", I just got done transfering files and saw the speed stabilize at around 15mb/s. I've read that on a 10base-T network, getting 5mb/s is "good", so I assume 50mb/s is good on my network. Of course, I'm nowhere near that. Is there anything I can configure differently ?? I'm using NFS to share disk space. My machine has an AMD 450mhz processor and 128mb RAM. The filesystem is EXT3 and the kernel is 2.4.7. On the "server", it's got a Pentium 233MMX and 64mb RAM. It's filesystem is ReiserFS. It's running Mandrake 8 (unsure of kernel -- it's 2.4.x). Thanks in advance Hall
