Vista... Again

[jellybeard999]

Vista Home Premium x64 SP1 is connected to XP Home SP3.
Both have either a gigabit card or onboard gigabit.
Auto negotiate and both specify 1.0gbs/ speed.
Gigabit switch between the two - LEDs indicate its at gigabit.

Transfer speed is ~ 11MB/sec according to Vista when transferring to XP via windows explorer, which tallies at 100mb.

When using a 100mb router set as a switch i get the same speed.

Anyone any ideas ?

Any guidance as to command line prompts to test that way ?

On another note, anyone any ideas how to specify which network is used for windows file transfers, as i also have a wifi card (disabled for testing) and this is defaulted to when transferring files.

Thanks for any help

 

[Jumping]

Stop transfering files via windows explorer for any kind of large file transfers between computers I prefer using ftp as Windows explorer file copy has always been painfully slow compared to ftp.

 

[kennethsross]

On another note, anyone any ideas how to specify which network is used for windows file transfers, as i also have a wifi card (disabled for testing) and this is defaulted to when transferring files.

Thanks for any help

There may be a toggle or tick box that sets this, but I can't recall it just now. Simpler to just disable the wireless adaptor (right click on WLAN icon, disable / enable should be an option) when you're doing the transfer.