I have just tried to fetch a couple of files via ftp, and I'm getting
about 1.3 KB /sec, so the problem also shows up when downloading via
ftp.

-russ

John D Smerdon <jds@smerdon.livonia.mi.us> writes:

> At 05:20 PM 9/1/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >I've got 1.5.2 installed on a powermac 7300.  Most things are working
> >beautifully, but I seem to be getting very slow downloads.  I suspect
> >that the problem is that the mc0 interface is simplex.
> 
> I have a 7300/200 also running 1.5.2.
> 
> My mc0 interface is connected to a 100Mb/full ethernet switch but it
> negotiated 10Mb/half.
> 
> I get ftp file transfers of 870 - 930 KB on the ethernet network,
> which is within 70 or 80% of the 10Mb ethernet limit.
> 
> Have you tried ftp instead of wget?