Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : [...] > Anyhow, I copied the folder under shell with scp. Under KDE 3.4 with > konqueror and fish-protocol (which is ssh as far as I know), it still > took much longer. > So it´s a question of protocol?!?
I will not comment the efficiency of modern desktop applications. [...] > I know that this is a big pool of errors in it, but it´s kind of difficult to > change the configuration at this level right now. What I can try is to > install another flavour of linux, e.g. FC or debian. Which one would you > prefer? I would prefer a simple build of a vanilla kernel since that's what kernel people will ask you. However, your computer achieved a not too bad transfer rate with a plain old console test, so I am an happy r8169 maintainer and you should probably report the issue to the kde developers. [...] > I also bought a second PCI gigabit card for one of my PCs and tried to copy a > folder which size is about 2.1 GB. I got the same results as on the laptop > (shell: good speed; konqueror: too slow) with the the same speed as with the > pcmcia card of the laptop - so there is still an issue open to me. The speed is fine for 100Mb/s (6.5Go, 10 minutes). [...] > Wait, did I get you right: It does not matter if I connect a straight through > or a crossover, the driver will automatically recognize the cable connected > and then selecting the right transfer method? This sounds interesting, but a s/driver/device/ and you got it right. -- Ueimor - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html