I wrote:

> I have a very weird problem with network transfer speed, and I have had
> this for quite some time.
> 
> In short, the problem is this: reading data from NIC and writing to disk
> is *VERY* slow. Easiest way to see this is just to ftp to another
> machine (on local 100mbit network) and get some big file: the transfer
> speed is ~50kb/sec.

[snip]

> My setup is this, if it makes any difference: -current 2.0E on
> both machines. Alpha is AlphaStation 500/266, NIC is realtek. i386
> is Athlon XP 2400+, MSI KT4V mobo, 3c905C NIC.

I switched the motherboard to ASUS A7V600-X, and that fixed my problem.
I think somebody else suggested this solution here, too.

I'll never buy MSI again.

-- 
Arto Huusko