How do I get 1000MB transfer rate?

I need a fast transfer rate for my home network. I am using the
Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet (onboard) and so
far I am not seeing 1000MB transfer rate between computer A and
computer B. Computer B DOES NOT access the Internet. I am using a
crossover cable (CAT 5) to link both computers. Computer A has the
Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet (onboard) and
computer B is using an onboard NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Ethernet
Adapter. Do both computer need identical NICs? How do I configure
windows to transfer @1000MB beteen both PCs?

 

FYI I only get 82MBPS from PC "B" to PC "A" right now. any way to increase speeds?

 

First, you will never actually get 1000MB transfer rate, but it should be higher. My guess is that your crossover cable is not wired for 1000MB. This needs a different wiring configuration than 10 or 100 MB networks.

Look at both ends and list the wire colors from left to right for each.

DRD

 

82 MBPS is aprox 656 Mbps out of a 1000 Mbps connection.

We need to make sure we are compairing apples to apples here.

MB = Mega Bytes
Mb= Mega Bits

8 bits in a byte.

I have a gig NIC in both my desktops with a gig switch in between.
It takes aprox 1 min. to swap 1 GB of compressed data on mine. (WMV)

Keep in mind compressed data has to be decompressed, transfered, and recompressed.

 

AFAIK both NIC's must be capable of 1000bps. Also to get 1000bps you need a Cat 5e capable ethernet cable, not just plain Cat 5. I've got machines wired at 100bps and my transfer speeds are very close to that so I would think that you should be able to get that with 1000bps also. Hope this helps.

-dep-

 

All I want to add to all the other posts is that if you get cat6 cabling and a 1000m switch your transfers should be much better.

 

Don't forget, you don't have all that much data stored in RAM cache buffers (unless you have umpteen bazillion gigs of system memory), so to transfer large files or blocks of data from your hard drive through a LAN to writing to another hard drive you have to go through the IDE bus bottleneck. Even SATA 10,000 rpm drives can't move data faster than 150 mbps maximum burst speed.

If you put in a very fast SCSI RAID 5 system with 2 controllers and 15,000 rpm drives you could come close to the gigabit storage I/O capability (and large enterprises do this routinely), but you can't buy this stuff at Best Buy, it's all designed for use in enterprise file servers (which means limited desktop OS driver support), and it will set you back a tidy amount when you find suppliers. Enterprise IT departments have significant operating budgets, and it doesn't all go on management salaries.