two NICs and speed issues

[Dennis Gilmore]

Once upon a time Monday 19 July 2004 8:45 am, sam at illawarra.org wrote:

> i have two network cards ( sis900 and usb200m ) and the first is connected
> to my dsl300+ (dlink) modem at 10mbit and the other is connected to a
> 10/100 switch that feeds the local lan. if i unplug the dsl300+ from the
> rj45 my local lan works quite fast 8MBytes ftp transfers etc to the local
> net via the usb200m. however if i plug the modem in i only get 120kbyte
> transfer speeds and such. i have switched the modem to the other nic and
> the same thing happens. for some odd reason i can only get good speeds to
> / from the server to the local net if i only make the local net nic 10mbit
> with mii-tool OR unplug the modem and thus get 100mbit speeds..

well the USB nic even though it negotiates at 100mbit will only work as fast 
as the usb bus.  what ip adresses are in use on the cards? the firewall wont 
slow it down like that 

Dennis
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