Network Speeds

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Raymond Ryan

A friend has said that he can obtain a 400mbs speed using a crossover cable
and a NIC. I doubt this and suggested that he used Firewire, but he is
adament that he is using a NIC. The computer when transferring data reports
a 400mbs speed - could this be an error or bug on XP Home?

Can this be done and if so how?
 
Raymond said:
A friend has said that he can obtain a 400mbs speed using a crossover cable
and a NIC. I doubt this and suggested that he used Firewire, but he is
adament that he is using a NIC. The computer when transferring data reports
a 400mbs speed - could this be an error or bug on XP Home?

Can this be done and if so how?
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Maybe he's talking about Gigabit ethernet.
 
What is he using to test this connection?

If he's transferring a relatively small file between computers
using a program that calculates bandwidth, it will report
erroneous errors. ie: I upload a 19byte file to my FTP server
over the internet using DSL, it completes in 1 second and
says my throughput was 19,000+ KBS

Just wondering...
 
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