On Sun, 2002-08-04 at 23:43, karl bongers wrote: > So after seeing this showmanship(kinda like a kid > and a fast car) I shouted out that I can't get a 200 MB > file from box A to box B ten feet away in less than > 5 minutes. Thats with 100MB ethernet. [snip] > It turns out that one of my boxes is dropping ethernet > packets, ifconfig showed them plain as the nose > on my face. You're kind of answering your own questions, I think. I think you said you had a simple 100Mb Ethernet switch, right? I'd make sure the cables are working right. Perhaps try connecting the two machines together with a crossover cable. You might also want to try changing the ports you're using on the switch. Some of them might be faulty. -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ An ulcer is what you get / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ mountain climbing over \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) molehills. [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020805/bff54b32/attachment.pgp