Network Speeds

[Raymond Ryan]

A friend has said that he can obtain a 400mbs speed using a crossover cable
and a NIC. I doubt this and suggested that he used Firewire, but he is
adament that he is using a NIC. The computer when transferring data reports
a 400mbs speed - could this be an error or bug on XP Home?

Can this be done and if so how?

 

[CJT]

A friend has said that he can obtain a 400mbs speed using a crossover cable
and a NIC. I doubt this and suggested that he used Firewire, but he is
adament that he is using a NIC. The computer when transferring data reports
a 400mbs speed - could this be an error or bug on XP Home?

Can this be done and if so how?

Maybe he's talking about Gigabit ethernet.

 

[IanCT]

What is he using to test this connection?

If he's transferring a relatively small file between computers
using a program that calculates bandwidth, it will report
erroneous errors. ie: I upload a 19byte file to my FTP server
over the internet using DSL, it completes in 1 second and
says my throughput was 19,000+ KBS

Just wondering...