> >I tried connecting the server directly to the Powerbook, where you can force > > speed/duplex settings. > > > > 10M full - ok > > 100M full - slower > > 100M half - glacial
> I've lost track. That's what I felt like :-) >The 9600 has the Asante card in it? >9600/Asante -- 3COM -- Netgear -- G4/AGP >The "server" is the 9600 or the G4? 9600 is the server. The powerbook and G4/AGP are just machines I've been using to connect to it. The direct (wired) connection of the laptop <-> 9600 seems to show that it is -not- a duplex problem, since by trying all settings with the laptop the effects of duplex mismatch are very obvious. Much worse than the 100M falloff compared with the airport setup (laptop-airport-switch-switch-9600) The best performance from the server is indeed the 'airport' one where the intermediate 54M connection seems to bring the rate down to what the 9600 Asante 10/100 interface can handle. So in order of performance (using the laptop as a client) best Laptop<->airport<->switch<->switch<->9600 medium Laptop(10M/fdx)<->switch<->switch<->9600 Laptop(10M/fdx)<->9600 poor Laptop(100M/fdx or auto)<->switch<->switch<->9600 or Laptop(100M/fdx or auto)<->9600 Glacial Laptop(100M/hdx)<->9600 There are several other machines attached to the switches, which all whizz along at 100M, all set on auto (if set at all). Even a plain old 7600/120 with its original disk and an old 10/100 card gets twice the throughput of the souped up 9600 My suspicion is that it is the Asante590 card in the particular setup in the 9600. Unfortunately I've not got any other OSX compatible 10/100 cards to try. If all else fails I can use the built in 10M Ethernet on the 9600, but it seems it -should- be able to do much better... bye for now Keith Cooper -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
