[ubuntu-uk] transferring files between Ubuntu and XP slow!!!!

Sean Miller sean at seanmiller.net
Thu May 15 15:08:09 BST 2008


You say you're using a router and a crossover cable... are you sure?  I'd
normally expect you to be using straight cables if you've a router involved
and crossover only if you're connecting the two machines directly to one
another.

Dunno if the router is noticing that you've got incompatible cables and
doing something clever, perhaps slowing the thing down in the process?  I
don't know the router so can't advise much but another thing I'd look at
would be the router statistics to see if either or both of the links are
getting data errors... if so the three likely culprits would be a. router
port(s), b. cable(s), c. network card(s).

Sean
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