On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 10:51:38AM +0200, Timo Schoeler wrote:
> >I downloaded a file via FTP at 9MB/Sec on my G4 without problems. But
> >it was connected to a GbE switch at point of time.
> 
> gem0 at pci3 dev 15 function 0: Apple Computer GMAC Ethernet (rev. 0x01)
> gem0: interrupting at irq 41
> gem0: Ethernet address 00:30:65:68:9f:4a, 10KB RX fifo, 4KB TX fifo
> bmtphy0 at gem0 phy 0: BCM5201 10/100 media interface, rev. 2
> bmtphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto

gem0 at pci2 dev 15 function 0: Apple Computer GMAC Ethernet (rev. 0x00)
gem0: interrupting at irq 41
gem0: Ethernet address 00:0a:95:79:49:28, 10KB RX fifo, 4KB TX fifo
brgphy0 at gem0 phy 0: BCM5421 1000BASE-T media interface, rev. 1
brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto

> >Can you perhaps try with a switch to figure out a using full-duplex
> >instead of half-duplex matters for the problem?
> i can hook up my machine to a Nortel 450 -- this is a managed one of 
> good quality i guess ;)

I only used a cheap Netgear GS608, I guess anything supporting full-duplex
should be fine.

	Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                                  http://scheler.de/~matthias/