Re: [OT] Network speed ... again

2001-08-05 Thread hansen
from 'man nfs': "Here is an example from an /etc/fstab file from an NFS mount. server:/usr/local/pub/pub nfs rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr Options rsize=nThe number of bytes NFS uses when reading files from an NFS server. The

Re: [OT] Network speed ... again

2001-08-04 Thread Sebastiaan
Hello, On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Hall Stevenson wrote: > rated at 100mb/s (or is it mB/s ??). All network cards are also rated Sorry, I only pick out this line. According to the SI, 'm' stands for 'mini' or 'mili', so 'mb' stands for milibits, 1/10 of a bit. So a megabit is 'Mb', 'MB' for megabyte. And

Re: [OT] Network speed ... again

2001-08-03 Thread Hall Stevenson
* dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010803 23:22]: > | I've got (3) machines here at home, connected to one another via > | a Linksys router/switch. It uses the switch for the LAN side and > | it's rated at 100mb/s (or is it mB/s ??). All network cards are also > | rated > > That's a little 'b' for bits.

Re: [OT] Network speed ... again

2001-08-03 Thread Phil Brutsche
On 03 Aug 2001 23:04:14 -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > I was wondering what real-world speeds are of a 100base-t network really > are. Not more than 7 megabytes per second. That's with high quality switches patch cables and ethernet cards, though (tulip- based cards & CAT 5 wiring & Cisco Catalys

Re: [OT] Network speed ... again

2001-08-03 Thread dman
On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 11:04:14PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: | I was wondering what real-world speeds are of a 100base-t network really | are. I've seen several hundred Kbytes downstream FTP transfer before (from a remote internet site and I have no idea what the network characteristics were be

[OT] Network speed ... again

2001-08-03 Thread Hall Stevenson
I was wondering what real-world speeds are of a 100base-t network really are. I've got (3) machines here at home, connected to one another via a Linksys router/switch. It uses the switch for the LAN side and it's rated at 100mb/s (or is it mB/s ??). All network cards are also rated for 100mb/s. Th