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.

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Ueimor
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