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Title: Mediator Card Network Question?
Post by: amiga1084 on April 30, 2011, 07:19:02 AM

Hello All,
In my spare A4000T I have Mediator PCI Bus Board installed.
I was wondering if using a cheap PCI Network card would be faster than using a standard Zorro 2 (2065 or XSurf ex) network card. As Elbox claims it could run at full 100 Mbps compared to normal 10 Mbps on a standard Amiga Zorro Network cards. Or on the Amiga it would not make a diffrence?

I would like to hear your comments on the subject.
Thanks in advance,
Merv Stent

Title: Re: Mediator Card Network Question?
Post by: ribdevil1 on April 30, 2011, 12:27:41 PM

There's difference, the Zorro cards are 10Mbps and in the Mediator you can install  a standar 10/100 Mbps Realtek card, but you must install a Voodoo 3 ( or similar) graphics card too.
 
If not, you only can install an old Realtek 10 Mbts card.

Title: Re: Mediator Card Network Question?
Post by: jj on April 30, 2011, 01:52:48 PM

you wont get anywhere near 100 though.  From memory you wont get much over ten

Title: Re: Mediator Card Network Question?
Post by: slaapliedje on April 30, 2011, 04:11:04 PM

I have a set up like that.  I'll have to see what the actual throughput is.  The true reason for more than 10mbps is really when you're copying things over NFS or something.  

I'll post and let you know what I find.

Mine is an A4000D though, and other than the mediator, a radeon and the network card (well I have an Indivision AGA in it as well.) it's stock.

slaapliedje

Title: Re: Mediator Card Network Question?
Post by: slaapliedje on April 30, 2011, 10:24:42 PM

I just tried to download the m68k version of Debian (112mb) and ibrowse hit 100,000 cps.  But it kept jumping up and down, which is making me think it's the site I'm downloading the ISO off of, rather than the Amiga.  Is that Characters Per Second?

slaapliedje

Title: Re: Mediator Card Network Question?
Post by: Darrin on May 01, 2011, 02:48:53 AM

Quote from: amiga1084;634512

Hello All,
In my spare A4000T I have Mediator PCI Bus Board installed.
I was wondering if using a cheap PCI Network card would be faster than using a standard Zorro 2 (2065 or XSurf ex) network card. As Elbox claims it could run at full 100 Mbps compared to normal 10 Mbps on a standard Amiga Zorro Network cards. Or on the Amiga it would not make a diffrence?

I would like to hear your comments on the subject.
Thanks in advance,
Merv Stent

Do you have a Deneb in it?  I use a USB Ethernet adapter on my A4000.