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27-09-2004, 12:26

The two PC's on the cross over cable are running a 100mbps which is that max speed that the two ethernet cards which you are using to connect the two PC's together via the crossover cable can run at. For sharing the internet your never going to get anywhere near 100mbps, however if you share out a printer it will make printing a tick faster for the PC that doesnt have the printer attached to it.

The connection to the modem, either the modem is limiting it to 10mbps or the ethernet card connected to the modem is set to 10mbps. However no point in changing it as your connection to the net isnt going to be anywhere near 10mbps.

27-09-2004, 12:26	#3
gary_580 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: home networking The two PC's on the cross over cable are running a 100mbps which is that max speed that the two ethernet cards which you are using to connect the two PC's together via the crossover cable can run at. For sharing the internet your never going to get anywhere near 100mbps, however if you share out a printer it will make printing a tick faster for the PC that doesnt have the printer attached to it. The connection to the modem, either the modem is limiting it to 10mbps or the ethernet card connected to the modem is set to 10mbps. However no point in changing it as your connection to the net isnt going to be anywhere near 10mbps.