Network question

[Jim Leonard]

Chuck Guzis wrote:
> Could the second hub and the translation/turnaround over the coax 
> link between the two be the culprit?

Only if you're running at half duplex and/or have some sort of collision 
nightmare.

> Just trying to figure out why a 2 GHz box is getting consistently 
> beaten by a 225 MHz one.

Boot knoppix (linux on a CD that runs completely off of the CD) and run 
"netstat -in" to see if the 2Ghz box is suffering from something obvious.
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