File transfers pretty slow between laptop and pc

[Valhalla1]

I have a peer to peer direct 100mb link with a crossover cable from my laptop to pc, transferring about 7 gigs of data from the laptop to the pc via ftp. I've tried logging in up to 5 or 6 times and having all them transferring files at top speed, and I've tried with just 1, I always top out at about 815kbyte/sec speed.

thats quite a bit less than 100mb. I know you couldn't hit that fast with just 1 computer, but is the i/o on the laptop that slow? its going to a 40 gig 7200 ata100 drive on the pc, the laptop is a 8 gig I dont know how fast though. is there no way I can speed this up (i do this weekly), is 800kB/sec the max transfer for this harddrive?

 

[Valhalla1]

also XP shows the network usage at only 6% or so.. I have the ftp server on the laptop (latest BPFTP) set to high but not real-time priority. I dont think its going to go any faster.. is this the speed I should expect from this transfer?

 

[L3Guy]

<< I always top out at about 815kbyte/sec speed. >>


800k * 8 bits/byte = 6400 kbps.


<< I always top out at about 815kbyte/sec speed. >>


Yes. Depending on the card, PCMCIA is dog slow. I would think you are in the ball park with 6 Mbps throughput.


<< is there no way I can speed this up >>


Probably not.

Just my opinion.

Doug

 

[MulLa]

Laptop drives are like 4200rpm or at 4X00rpm anyway (can't remember). Try creating a ramdrive and see if it speed things up in any way.