Network Speed Problem with RedHat 9

[comtec17]

Hello,
I am currently having a slow network issue with a fresh install of RedHat 9. Here is my hardware and setup:

NIC - SiS 900 10/100 ethernet card.
HUB - LinkSys 100MB
Router - LinkSys WAP BEFW1154

I can connect to my network and ping anything in it. When I transfer files though I am only seeing 10Kbps. I have forced the NIC to use 100baseTx FD using the mii-tool. All my other machines on my network seem fine and can transfer files locally to one another at a speed of 450KBps. Anyone ever run into this issue? Please help.

Thanks in advance,
Comtec17

 

[dilwalle]

check the NIC driver if found ok , then try to to check the a/c supply source to the system which may hv devloped some leakage .

 

[thedaver]

Uh, I'm curious if you were careful about your speed notations.
You said "10Kbps", that's about a fifth of a modem. Did you mean "10KBps" or "10Mbps" or what? This is important.
Also, "450KBps" is translating roughly to about 50MBps if I'm doing my math correctly, probably a little low actually. So you're not getting the full pipe there either - although FTP has a lot of overhead and machines add delays as they perform writes... sorry, I'm wandering.

So how fast was it again?

 

[rburke]

thedaver,

If he is getting 450 KBps then that would translate to only 3.6 Mbps. Just a small correction.

Burke

 

[ady2k]

Hub 100 Mbps will depend how many port hub and user doing file transfer in the same time (100Mbps divide by total port from your hub). Because Hub used sharing bandwidth technology.You can try PC1 connect to PC2 through hub without any connection from other PC's. And you check the speed during transfer file.
If the speed still same with previously.you replace your ethernet card.

 

[comtec17]

Thanks for all your input. This problem has been resolved. It ended up being a bad CAT5 cable.

Thanks again,
Comtec17