On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Tony Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kris Douglas wrote: >> [...] >>> People have already pointed out that the most likely problem is that you >>> are using a crossover cable where you should be using a straight-through >>> cable, but you appear to have ignored them, or not bothered to read >>> their replies thoroughly. I expect I could start quoting nursery rhymes >>> such as humpty dumpy sat on a wall humpty dumpty had a great fall and >>> you wouldn't notice because you aren't paying attention to people's >>> replies to your questions. >> >> I entirely agree, Andy. >> >>> An ethernet controller rated for 10Mb/s would therefore produce a >>> maximum throughput of (10000/8) = 1250kB/s = 1.25MB/s . Even if you only >>> got half that, say 625kB/s, this still vastly exceeds your 47.7kB/s. > > Hey, that's a bit harsh! > > It's not simply eight bits per byte for ethernet packets, it's more > complicated than that and you're not taking into account collisions. > > Ethernet is a broadcast medium and at more than 60% utilisation of the > available bandwidth an ethernet network is considered to be saturated. > > However, you're quite right that this is a lot less than 47.7kB/s... > > Tony. > -- > Dr. A.J.Travis, | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Rowett Research Institute, | http://www.rri.sari.ac.uk/~ajt > Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, | phone:+44 (0)1224 712751 > Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK. | fax:+44 (0)1224 716687 > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
Sorry, Im not in the soundest of moods today, im going to leave for a bit... -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Company No. 6135915 Registered in England -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
