[Awaxx]

I wanna run a LAN with 2 or more computer and wanna know what is the best bandwith I can reach between 2 computers ?
I mean, can I ever dream have more than 80% of the 100 Mbps written on my card.

My hardware :
- LAN Card : 3Com 10/100 PCI 3C905BTX
10/100 Mbps (already reached 40 Mbps)
- LAN switch : NetGear FS 108
10/100 Mpbs (8 ports)

I wanna have a 80 Mbps network (HQ multimedia streaming). Is it possible ?


Awx


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PII 400@448 - 256 PC100 RAM -ASUS P2B
TNT2 150/180 - 1600x1200@97Hz(22")
TEKRAM 390U2W SCSI - 3Com 100Mbps PCI
6.4GB IDE1M-9.1GB SCSI2-6x24x SCSI2-4.5GB UW-4.5GB UW-18.2GB U2W-34x IDE2S
SB PCI128-SB AWE64-Miro DC10+
2195 no limit

[SHS]

This depeand on the system it self,
For starter you need a very Super Fast SCSI on both PC with a "64bit RAID".
Sound like you go fast IDE.

[Andersony]

Good question...

What r u using to test your bandwidth? I've been using a little utility called NetCps, but I don't know if it is reliable or not. It reports 65Mb xfers for me between a Win2k and 98se machine with Dlink Nics and a Netgear FE104 (4pt version of yours).

I have found various things to affect transfer rate... CAT5 running by Flourescent lighting, etc.

[Awaxx]

Quote:

Originally posted by SHS:
[b]This depeand on the system it self,
For starter you need a very Super Fast SCSI on both PC with a "64bit RAID".
Sound like you go fast IDE.

1 - 100 Mbps = 12,5 MBps so my U2W is enough
2 - the video is transmitted uncompressed so I do not need a good HD.

I'm writing a appz to mix in RealTime video with music. Video is uncompressed and filtered on "client" machines, than send through the network to a "server" machine that mix and display the final movie (one machine can not uncompress 3 or more videos, filter them and mix them in RT).

So I don't need fast HD but a HIGH bandwith (100 Mbps is enough for 3 stream of 320x240x16bits uncompress)

Awx - virtual video jockey

[Awaxx]

Quote:

Originally posted by Andersony:
[b]Good question...

What r u using to test your bandwidth? I've been using a little utility called NetCps, but I don't know if it is reliable or not. It reports 65Mb xfers for me between a Win2k and 98se machine with Dlink Nics and a Netgear FE104 (4pt version of yours).

I have found various things to affect transfer rate... CAT5 running by Flourescent lighting, etc.

I'm using Network Spy 1.6 : a sniffer .
Both machine have 3Com 905 Fast. "Clients" are PII 400@448-256 MB or PIII 450-128 MB and "Serveur" is biPIII450-256 MB. All machine with U2W LVD disks (18.2 or 9.1 Go) with Tekram or Adaptec card.

Only low-end machine so ...

Awx

[jeff]

Recently it changed, now the server is 512Mo

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Jeff