Here's the previous thread about hardware/my plan etc
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2934098/gigabit-nic-transfers.html
My plan was two gigabit cards for direct transfers but my XP machine is old and doesn't have PCIE so I had to settle for a USB to Gigabit for that and an Intel PRO 1000/PT card for my main Windows 7 PC. While it is nowhere near gigabit I know USB 2.0 is 460MB/s so I should be getting somewhere near 57.5mb (obviously I know there's overheads and whatnot but read on)
At first it was starting at 20mb/s and then dropping to 12 which is essentially the same as what I was getting before doing it through my 10/100mb switch.
I have set the IP of the main card to 192.170.0.1 and the XP machine to 192.170.0.1 and then accessed the shared folder via \\192.170.0.2\Downloads
After some tweaking it starts at 30mb/s and drops down to roughly 17mb/s both ways.
Intel Card Settings:
Link Speed & Duplex: 1.0Gbps Full Duplex
Jumbo Packets: 9014 bytes
USB to Gigabit:
1000baset full duplex
Jumbo Packets: 9014 bytes
and the specific component names if that helps:
Intel PRO/1000 PT Desktop Adapter
Asix AX88178 USB2.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
any advice is appreciated cheers
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2934098/gigabit-nic-transfers.html
My plan was two gigabit cards for direct transfers but my XP machine is old and doesn't have PCIE so I had to settle for a USB to Gigabit for that and an Intel PRO 1000/PT card for my main Windows 7 PC. While it is nowhere near gigabit I know USB 2.0 is 460MB/s so I should be getting somewhere near 57.5mb (obviously I know there's overheads and whatnot but read on)
At first it was starting at 20mb/s and then dropping to 12 which is essentially the same as what I was getting before doing it through my 10/100mb switch.
I have set the IP of the main card to 192.170.0.1 and the XP machine to 192.170.0.1 and then accessed the shared folder via \\192.170.0.2\Downloads
After some tweaking it starts at 30mb/s and drops down to roughly 17mb/s both ways.
Intel Card Settings:
Link Speed & Duplex: 1.0Gbps Full Duplex
Jumbo Packets: 9014 bytes
USB to Gigabit:
1000baset full duplex
Jumbo Packets: 9014 bytes
and the specific component names if that helps:
Intel PRO/1000 PT Desktop Adapter
Asix AX88178 USB2.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
any advice is appreciated cheers