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Diagnosing a slow network



On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 23:50:11 +0100
heidi at midnighthax.com wrote:

> I'm trying to work out why copying a file across my network is so slow.
> There are four Linux boxes connected to a 100Mb switch, and copying a
> 300Mb from one system to another runs at 500K/second.

Thank you for all the help and suggestions. One of the machines has a
SIS900 network interface that refuses to go into full duplex mode. I have
subsequently read that the Linux SIS900 driver isn't very good.

I'm going to try a new network card.

H




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