I connected my desktop and notebook (no routers,no hubs just using a cable about 3 feet long) and used
SSHFS for mount.But the data transfer rate is really slow,its about 34
KB/s,eventhough both machines have fast Ethernet cards (100MBps).
How can i get more higher data transferring?? (i tried fish:// too but
it gives the same rate)

thanks


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heres 'lspci' output on my desktop:
02:02.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
(rev 74)

Subsystem: 3Com Corporation 3C905C-TX Fast Etherlink for PC
Management NIC

Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 201
I/O ports at bc00 [size=128]
Memory at feaffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Expansion ROM at 30000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

and on my notebook:
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E
Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 10)

Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Marvell 88E8036 Fast
Ethernet Controller (Inventec)

Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at bc000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
I/O ports at a000 [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>

06:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG
Network Connection (rev 05)

Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2741
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at b000b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

You used a cross-over cable or cross-over adapter, right? If not, and one of your NICs isn't autodetecting the cable, then there appears to be another network connection in use (maybe wireless)?

Yeap I guess It is a cross-over cable.I tried with straigh cable but didnt work.

I figured out that it is working oneway.
I mean I can access my Desktop machines from my NoteBook with higher speed. (5MBps)
But when I try to copy some stuff to Desktop Machine from NoteBook the network connection close.(The content is show in the Desktop but only disconnect when I try to copy files)

Then I have to restart the network. ( /etc/init.d/networking restart)


Desktop-----------------> NoteBook (files can be downloaded form Desktop machine at higher speeds : 6-7MBps)


Desktop<---X------------ NoteBook (files are shown in Desktop ,but when try to download,connection close)