[goku2100]

I currently have 3 systems that support GIGABIT ethernet now and I've currently been having difficulty in getting good performance. I have setup a fileserver with an AMD K6III 450MHZ 75FSB, ATA 100 card, 200GB seagate drive and Intel pro 1000 gigabit ethernet card.

I did a benchmark with Sisoft sandra and was severely disappointed with my results after doing a Peer to Peer connection with a P4 3.5GHZ 250FSB gaming rig. Thinking that it was the slow K6III at fault, I did a direct hookup of my laptop and the gaming rig (laptop supports gigabit ethernet natively) and when I ran sisoft sandra, I got a measly 28MB/s from 10MB/s on 100Mb ethernet. Sisoft sandra says I should be getting 54MB/s with a PCI version of gigabit ethernet card and 97MB/s with PCI-X.

Any ideas on how I can improve performance of my gigabit ethernet connection?
Is this normal on a Peer to Peer connection?
Are these the max speeds that everyone has been achieving?
Please help, thanks.

Update: For got to mention that on 100 base networking, the K6III system gets 7MB/s and with gigabit ethernet it gets the same 7MB/s!

[Him]

Do all of the machines on your network have gigabit cards? Or do you have one or two with only 10/100's?

And are you using a switch or a hub? If so, are they gigabit compliant?

[DJ-CHRIS]

28MEG, isnt that right around a hard drive write speed?

I think the issue is your LAN is faster than your hard drives

[EricB]

to make your internet download faster call your ISP.

I notice a world of difference when I copy and paste huge files over my home network.

[ShoobieRat]

You not only have to have fast hardware, but you have to have a fast connection. Also, what most people overlook, is that they must have cables capable of carrying such high speeds. Doesn't sound like it would be a problem, but if you got the wrong kind of cable hooked up, you'll notice huge bottlenecks.

Lastly, if your ISP is only transmitting signals at a certain speed, it doesn't matter how fast your hardware is, the connection won't get any faster. Remember, network devices are not like vacuums, sucking up available stuff. They're pipelines. The greater the speed/bandwidth, just means they can handle more incoming stuff.

[Him]

He's not talking about the internet, he's talking about his LAN connection.