only get 10 on a 10/100 network

[Marc]

Hi
I have a DI-704P. connected to the Wan I have a Cable Modem. On the lan side
I have a Dell XPS 350 running win 2K with a 10/100 NIC card. I also have a
cable connected to the uplink port of a 10/100 Switch. coming out of the
Switch I have 4 cables going to other computers They all have 10/100 NIC
cards. I am running Cat 5 wire. Everyone uses DHCP to get a IP from the
router which assigns a fixed IP to Mac address. The Network addresses all
begin 192.168.0.XXX.
The 4 computers on the Downlink side of the Switch are running Win 2K
server, Win 2K, XP and Win 98.
As you might have guested this is a home training enviorment for me.
All of the Local area network connection Icons in the Sys tray report a
connection speed of 100M. I can't seem to transfer any faster that about 4-6
MBPS no mater which computer I transfer from or to.
I have replaced the Switch with a D-link DSS5+ auto Switch and it does not
seem to make a difference. Is there any settings in the router that can
limit traffic? Do you have any other ideas of wht it could be?

[Lanwench]

Try disabling autosensing on the NICs and see if you can force them to
connect at 100Mb.

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[John R Weiss]

You more likely have a choke point in another subsystem, such as disk writes.
If you review network performance charts on comparison tests (e.g., PC-Magazine
server tests), you'll probably find that throughput does not approach anywhere
near 100 Mbps in a small network, especially to/from a single
workstation/client.

I normally get 4-6 Mbps average, with peaks around 8 Mbps on my system.
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John Weiss
Seattle, WA
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