Lev Lvovsky wrote:
> I'm having a problem with downloads from my machine (slink). On the
> network I have at home, I can upload at the regular high speeds, but
> downloading form the machine (to a Win98 machine), whether it be by
ftp, or
> by http gives me a little bit of the file, and then slows down to a total
> crawl. Obviously if it owrks up, I'm assuming all ofthe hardware is
> fine....is there some sort of buffer for this sort of thing that might be
> set too low?
Make sure that the network interface on both machines are set up for half
duplex operation (unless you are using a switch). Having one or both
interface at full duplex might cause problems like these. Also, check if
you are getting an abnormal amount of collision on the network during
download ("ifconfig eth0" on the Linux box).