Lousy Network Performance

[James McDonald]

On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 10:56:34PM -0400, Kurt Wall wrote:
> Hi, list,
> 
> How do I go about solving a significant latency problem on my
> internal network. I have two computers connected via a crossover
> cable, eth1 on the "server" (luther) to eth0 on the "desktop"
> (easter). Both cards are 10/100. Ping time is atrocious:
> 
> I can't see any reason why the latency should be so extreme.
> 
> Kurt
> -- 

If you are using a crossover cable check your duplex settings. I have found performance gains by either enabling/disabling duplex.

Use a tool like ttcp to push raw packets back and forwards... You should be getting around 100Mbps. 

As a matter of interest what are the cards? and what kernel module do they use?


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