The simplest solution is to try a switch between the 2 units. What you are probably seeing is negociation issues. while it is true that cross cables do work, it has been my experience that a cheap switch in the middle dramatically improves life. hth On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Lorenzo Taylor wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have a PC that I am using as a router/firewall. It has 2 network cards, the > second of which (eth1) is used to connect directly to my laptop using a > crossover network cable. > > The connection does work. The only problem is that my connection speed never > exceeds 425KB/s in either direction. My connection to the internet is a full 5 > megabits download speed. But my laptop won't receive data faster than 4.5KB/s > either from the internet or directly from the PC, and it can't send at a faster > speed either. > > The only way I could increase the speed between the 2 computers was to adjust > the MTU to 100 on both connected interfaces. That gave me a maximum connection > speed of about 850KB/s but it slowed my laptop's connection down to about > 50KB/s. > > Both the PC and laptop are running Debian with a 2.6.11 kernel, but I have had > similar experiences with other distributions and both 2.4 and 2.6 kernels. > > It is interesting to note, also, that I once had a laptop that was running WinXP > and FC3 at different times in its life. FC3 gave me the same problem and WinXP > gave me about a 20MB/s connection going into the laptop and a 70KB/s connection > going to the PC. > > Any help to clear up this problem is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Lorenzo > - -- > - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.12 > GCS d- s:+ a- C+++ UL++++ P+ L+++ E- W++ N o K- w--- > O M V- PS+++ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5+ X+ R tv-- b++ DI-- D+ > G e* h---- r+++ y+++ > - ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFC3W5MG9IpekrhBfIRAnOGAJ91/d4i4bLKKkAGg+P/DHwDkVun7gCgxapg > aOBPDUfuHIC9RueggmQwVsU= > =+pEv > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
