Help! Networking w/ Win2k Server & Pro

[Rainmaker]

Ok here's my dilemma:
I've got two machines, a win2k server and a win2k pro box.

I want them to be able to use the two IP's of my resnet connection which is only 10mbit AND see each other at 100mbit, without firewalling either of them. Both will be used for serving internet apps and can't be firewalled.

The way I have it now is:
internet port->10/100 switched hub->win2k server + win2k pro.
Both machines have unique IP's and are connected to the internet at 10mbit.

I also put a 10/100mbit card in both machines and connected them with a crossover cable (cat5 of course), assigning the home network ip's of 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2 (server and pro respectively).

However, I've noticed that the speeds I'm getting are only 10mbit full duplex (20mbit) rather than 100mbit full duplex (200mbit) which leads me to believe that even though I connect from one machine to the other via the IP \\192.168.0.* (or through FTP even) the connecting box is still going through the resnet lan at 10mbitFD.

So my question is: How do I network the two of them at 100mbit, and have them have unique IP's on resnet at 10mbit WITHOUT firewalling either of them?

Will it work if I just plug in my resnet to the 10/100 Switched Hub and that into the two computers? Will they then see resnet at 10Mbit and each other at 100Mbit? That seems a little too simple...

I know this is long so if you actually read through it, congrats! And if you can help, even better!

 

[WoundedWallet]

unplug one of your computers from your switch.

That won't solve the problem but at least you will know which way the communication is going through.

 

[Norssak]

I personally would opt for your "just too simple" solution.
10 vs 100 as well as the Duplex? question is resolved between each NIC and the switch-port it's connected to, independent of the rest of the network. Actual through-put from one network address to another is then dependent on the lowest common dimominator in the commucications path. So you will usually see much less through-put than the theoretical maximum.

Most nic's come with utilities that will show you whether the connection (to the switch) is 10 or 100 or full duplex.

 

[Rainmaker]

I just tried the following:

removed the crossover and ran the resnet connection to the switch->both computers.
unplugged both nic's from the switch and JUST ran the crossover cable.

results: 2200kbytes/sec (20.2MBits)

So I guess my question is changing. Why can I only get 20Mbits w/ 100mbit cards?