Lousy Network Performance

[Kurt Wall]

On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 10:04:38AM -0400, Bruce Marshall took 0 lines to write:
> On Monday 27 June 2005 10:56 pm, Kurt Wall wrote:
> > 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:
> 
> 
> A cable could cause this.   Is it a store-bought cable?

Yup. So were the straight-through patch cables I used when connecting
with a hub.

Kurt
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