Lousy Network Performance

[Kurt Wall]

On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 08:57:08AM +0200, Roger Oberholtzer took 0 lines to write:
> On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 04:56, 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:
> 
> We have tried crossover cables and come to the conclusion that they work
> if they do and do not work if they don't. It seems to be related to the
> specific cards (and presumably their drivers) that are connected in this
> fashion. Many combinations simply do not work.
> 
> So we have decided that we will always use a switch. We found that speed
> degraded over time (short time). Our applications send lots of stuff
> over the network and so are sensitive to these problems. So, get a
> switch or a hub.

 I tried the hub. Same problem.

Kurt
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