10bT Ethernet on G3s — #9

Post #9 by Quadraman

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Networking
Post Date	Thu, 11 Oct 2007 - 20:35
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/10bt-ethernet-on-g3s.10249/

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I don't know if this is related or not but the onboard Ethernet on my 7200 is horrible. Netscape will download a file at 1K/sec or even slower. I tried the ethernet port and the AAUI port and they both do it. This is connected to a 24 port NETGEAR 10/100 switch. When I put in a Realtek 8319 10/100 PCI card and used it instead, Netscape downloads at about 100K/sec.
My 7300 never had these kinds of problems; the onboard Ethernet was great. My friend's Beige G3 also performed acceptable with the onboard; he uses an Ethernet card though since he wants the most speed.

My 7500 runs acceptably when connected through the onboard ethernet. Aren't they all 10bT? You can't expect lightning fast connections when using one of these with broadband. The nice thing is if you use one of these as a secondary machine, it doesn't hog the bandwith from your main machine. You can even have several of them on a network where the same number of 10/100/1000 machines will create a slowdown.