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fastest way to get data to a p233MMX tablet pc?

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burmaz

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What type of connection or networking would be the fastest? What protocol if networking is used should i use? i tried 100mbps eternet with TCP/IP and only got about 9mbps. Wifi i tried with a crappy card and i only got 2mbps. Would firewire be any less cpu intensive? Is there any protocol that is drastically less cpu intensive than tcp/ip? Im trying to get a fast connection to copy 1.6gig Mpeg-2 from my desktop to my tablet pc with a p233mmx 96meg of ram, 5400rpm laptop harddrive, win 98. The desktiop has winxp with athlon 2400+
 
Well, really, by the time you find anything, the file could have been transferred via any method.

Does the tablet machine have a PCMCIA slot? Does it have any ports like USB or Firewire? I'm assuming not, given its age.

If you can get a very very good type of PC Card ethernet adapter (like a high-end 3Com or Intel), you'll probably get better throughput. Most probably depend too much on the CPU, so that the slower processor is a limitation. I don't know if any PCMCIA cards are available like that though, given the very small form factor they have to fit into.

2Mbps is to be expected for a WiFi 802.11b connection, especially with the slower CPU in the tablet.

Firewire would probably be less CPU-intensive and easier to get higher performance with, but I've no idea whether you'd truly get high speeds out of it. You should at least manage similar speeds to a good Ethernet connection, but this will end up being more expensive because you will need to buy software to enable the Win98 machine to use Firewire networking.

Your cheapest option might be to get an adapter for a laptop hard drive's connect to allow it to connect to a regular IDE cable. They're pretty cheap. Of course, this is a hassle if you're transferring files all the time.
 
its got 2 pcmcia slots and a usb port. the pcmcia slots are 32-bit card bus compatible. What protocol would be least cpu intensive?
 
Well, the "protocol" isn't what you're looking for. 🙂 USB will be very limited no matter what, but you may get better throughput than the WiFi, not as good as the wired Ethernet most likely. If you want to invest in a Firewire PCCard and one for the desktop, plus software to allow the 98 machine to use Firewire networking, that will probably be your fastest transfer. Firewire uses less of the CPU cycles to do its work. But a very good Ethernet card would probably work as well and be a better overall investment.
 
i was reading about an expensive 32-bit carbus pcmcia network card. It mentioned bus mastering taking the load off the cpu. Does all 32-bit card bus ethernet adapters use bus mastering to take the load off the cpu?
 
Something is probably configured incorrectly in you Network, or may be one of the devices is 10Mb/sec. rather than 100Mb/sec, device

In ant case, all the measures of improvent that you are talking about can cause an 10-20% faster transfer (if you are lucky).

At a rate of transfer of 1MBsec. It would take 1600sec. to transfer the content.

It is about 30min. of transfer???

 
Cardbus 32-bit does provide a faster transfer rate to the card, but technically 100Mbps Ethernet isn't enough to overload a 16-bit PCMCIA's bandwidth theoretically. A 32-bit card in general should simply be a better design anyway.

If you've got the money to throw around, get a 3Com Megahertz or Intel Pro/100 or Xircom (now owned by Intel). They're not always terribly expensive, but a bit more than a desktop card as always.
 
Im lookin at a 3com that says it has a feature called parallel tasking for less cpu..i might need to get this one! would a 32-bit card using bus mastering use less cpu power?
 
It might use less CPU power, or may continue using lots of CPU power since it's a slow CPU, but also allow higher throughput because of the NIC doing some of the work. 3Com's parallel tasking is one of the types of cards that are likely to need less CPU power. Naturally one of the newer ones would be better.
 
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