Re: Strange ethernet issue (possibly)

2011-03-04 Thread schaffpa
s all sensibilities. - Original Message - From: "Dan" To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 4, 2011 6:57:39 AM Subject: Re: Strange ethernet issue (possibly) (context restored) At 1:01 PM + 3/4/2011, Andy wrote: >At 8:18 PM -0500 3/3/2011, Dan wrote: >&g

Re: Strange ethernet issue (possibly)

2011-03-04 Thread Dan
(context restored) At 1:01 PM + 3/4/2011, Andy wrote: At 8:18 PM -0500 3/3/2011, Dan wrote: At 2:56 PM -0800 3/3/2011, AndyTheMac wrote: wired network 1 dual 2.5GHZ G5, 1 QS 733, 2 GigE G4s and a BW G3 plus a minolta printer. This G5? .../powermac_g5_2.5_dp.html This one

Re: Strange ethernet issue (possibly)

2011-03-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 3, 2011, at 3:56 PM, AndyTheMac wrote: > They all go into a Netgear 8 port > gigabit router and then connect to the internet through a Netgear > modem. Is this actually a router or is it just a switch? Routers are generally 'smarter' devices, and if their configuration is screwed up, the

Re: Strange ethernet issue (possibly)

2011-03-04 Thread Andy
On 04/03/2011 01:18AM, "Dan" wrote: Thanks Dan > >This G5? >p.html> This one > >How exactly are you measuring this speed? Inaccurately. By downloading a 5MB file from the same s

Re: Strange ethernet issue (possibly)

2011-03-03 Thread Dan
At 2:56 PM -0800 3/3/2011, AndyTheMac wrote: wired network 1 dual 2.5GHZ G5, 1 QS 733, 2 GigE G4s and a BW G3 plus a minolta printer. This G5? They all go into a Netgear 8 port gigabit router and then connect to

Strange ethernet issue (possibly)

2011-03-03 Thread AndyTheMac
I have a wired network of 1 dual 2.5GHZ G5, 1 QS 733, 2 GigE G4s and a BW G3 plus a minolta printer. They all go into a Netgear 8 port gigabit router and then connect to the internet through a Netgear modem. The download speeds form the internet to all the machines except the G5 fluctuate between 2