this is ticking me off. I m running a G4 400, Panther, and 768Mb RAM with OSXVNC. and connecting to it via a G3 400 pismo laptop with 640Mb RM running panther. now back in the jag-wire days this ran no problem, there was minamal lag between the laptop and the desktop. but now that i switched to panther My network connection is SOOOO slow between the two. I am using a linksys wireless router and am in the same room (worked fine befor usaly ran at.5MB per second no im at like 117k per sec.
Want gives? is this a common problem? is there a fix? please help I have a ton of files that i transfer back and forth every day and i need my speed backup.
If you need your data *now* you can always put your laptop into firewire disk mode by holding down T while you boot up. This will defanatly beat a network hands down. Not shure what is causing your slowdown otherwise though.
please anyone? this is killing me
Same room? Why stick with the slow wifi connection when 100bt is waaaay faster?
Heck, for _real_ speed use TCP/IP-over-FW using a direct FW connection between the two Macs.
Errrr, sorry I can't answer your original question . . .
Dan K
Would FW really be faster? I seem to get only 800k/sec from FW but i can get a nice 900+k/sec over ethernet.
Finder copies, even in X, aren't exactly the fastest. Timbuktu's the fastest transfer protocol I've tested. I see transfers at greater-than 3MB/s over FW using TB2. Not sure about the speed of Finder copies, tho a FW connection sure _felt_ alot speedier than 100bt.
Actually, using TB2 from my OS9 server to my OS9 desktop, through a 100bt switch over CAT5 wire, I get pretty close to that, say an average of 2.7MB/s or so.
I apologize for comparing Apples to Timbuktus.
In any case, if earthimage is concerned about speedy file transfers, _any_ wired connection will beat the pants off his/her wifi connection. Also, since X has an FTP server built-in, it might be worth trying that to see if it's any zippier than the FInder.
Dan K