If I could find a cheap managed version of that it would be great. Because of some sniffing I do I'm stuck with an old netgear hub.
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On Jul 13, 2012, at 7:18 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> What I need is a cheap 16 port GigE desktop switch.
>
> On 07/13/2012 06:47 PM, Jonathan Roberts wrote:
>> There's your fix... Run a BBS on one of them! Zmodem will work great! :)
>>
>> What was that enhanced zmodem protocol? Ice or something like that..
>>
>> Ahh, the good ole days!
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Is ftp really a wasteful protocol?
>>>
>>> (Though I do remember that file xfer speeds took a tumble when moving from
>>> BBS/Zmodem to TCPIP/ftp.)
>>>
>>>
>>> On 07/13/2012 06:06 PM, Petri Laihonen wrote:
>>>
>>>> My theory is wasteful protocols. (If such terminology even exists)
>>>>
>>>> I have similar observation. Mine maxed out at 12MB as well, though the
>>>> speed dropped to 7MB after I converted from single drive on the media
>>>> server to Raid6. (Local read/write speeds are now higher, yet transfers
>>>> over the network are slower)
>>>>
>>>> I don't trust interwebs speed tests.
>>>>
>>>> P
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I've got a bunch of devices at home connected to a Fast Ethernet switch.
>>>>> Among them are a Netgear switch (aku), my Linux desktop (haggis) and my
>>>>> wife's Linux desktop (peanutbutter). So, I should get a theoretical max
>>>>> of
>>>>> 12MBps in half-duplex mode and 25MBps in full-duplex mode.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's presumably why internet speed tests on both haggis and
>>>>> peanutbutter
>>>>> show peaks up to 24MBps (close enough to my paid-for max of 25MBps).
>>>>>
>>>>> Why, then, do xfers (NFS, scp & plain old ftp) between haggis and
>>>>> peanutbutter max out just under 12MBps?
>>>>>
>>>>> Ron
>
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