Re: Can't get 100Mb in PCI
From: Dana Brash (dbrash_at_Phongsaly.com)
Date: 10/18/04
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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 23:17:14 +0800
Hi Darryl,
I don't really have much else to offer, maybe some more questions for your
quest...
Are you adding a second NIC, or replacing the onboard NIC? What is your
goal? Could you post an IPCONFIG /ALL?
Have you contacted HP support? I don't know their on-board architecture,
but PCI is probably at 32bit/33MHz. It wouldn't surprise me if the on-board
architecture was faster, but that's just a guess.
Have you got the latest drivers installed?
Is everything else in the environment the same between using the two cards
(cable, switch, subnet, etc)?
There are ways to be scientific about testing the variance in speeds, but if
the difference is that stark you probably don't need to...
The Linksys site didn't seem to offer any help, and I've seen decent reviews
for the LNE100TX, but it is still a sub $20 level NIC. The NC100 I also saw
retailing for $15. The onboard is Broadcom, no? Have you tried another
Broadcom, or even an Intel NIC? To be honest, and hopefully without
starting a debate that better belongs on tomshardware, I don't think it's
really fair to expect a low-end, PCI NIC to compete with an onboard,
mid-high end NIC. I like the mid-range Intel NIC's myself....
=d=
-- Dana Brash MCSE, MCDBA, MCSA dbrash@gmail.com "DarrylF" <DarrylF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8CB7D049-8BFF-4EDC-8F03-0334393D1489@microsoft.com... > Both network cards were Linksys. One was NC100, the other is LNE100TX. > The > PC involved is HP d530. The data being transferred is 7MB - 18MB > radiological images. The difference in speed can be seen in the overall > image transfer rate (2 seconds vs. 2 minutes). > > "Dana Brash" wrote: > >> What brand/model NIC? brand/model Motherboard? >> >> are you using any particular tool to measure speed? >> >> -- >> Dana Brash >> MCSE, MCDBA, MCSA >> >> dbrash@gmail.com >> >> "DarrylF" <DarrylF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:30B4C4AA-3D8D-49C5-90ED-8D736BA445C2@microsoft.com... >> >I am running XP Professional without SP2. I can not get a network card >> >to >> > run at 100Mb if it's plugged into a PCI slot. If I hard set it to >> > 100Mb, >> > it >> > disables itself. It will only work in AutoSense mode. In that mode it >> > will >> > run considerably slower than 100MB. The on-board network card runs >> > fine >> > at >> > 100Mb. I have already tried 2 different PCI cards. >> >> >>
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