The best Zorro slot network card

[Cass]

I have an X-Surf here. I'm pretty satisfied with the card, I have plenty of alternatives for expansion (IDEs, clockports etc.), plus 2 connection plugs (coaxial or RJ45, you chose).

What bothers me is the transfer rate: The theoretical 1.5 Mbyte/sec is reduced to 130-150kb/sec, via SAMBA. Some tests have given a 500kb/sec via ftp, but what counts is the daily use with the PC shared volumes.

For an internet connection, is more than you need :-)

The "Eth" modules for Algor worth considering though... (you spare a Zorro slot!), plus you get the USB ports (Algor will be the next expansion for my A4000 :-D )
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Airsoft

[Cass]

What do X-surf users think of the speed of their cards?

My answer: :-)

What bothers me is the transfer rate: The theoretical 1.5 Mbyte/sec is reduced to 130-150kb/sec, via SAMBA. Some tests have given a 500kb/sec via ftp, but what counts is the daily use with the PC shared volumes.

These are my results. The model is 2 years old. I'm wondering if this max transfer rate barrier can be broken, or is it a hardware limit?
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Cumshot Braces

[Cass]

Here is an article (in italian), that has some benchmarks for the x-surf:

AmigaExplorer 3 (configurato con packet size di 16384)

da Amiga a PC:  154 KB/s

da PC a Amiga:  210 KB/s



FTP (wu.ftp su Amiga e ftp da finestra DOS su PC)

da Amiga a PC:  380 KB/s

da PC a Amiga:  255 KB/s



Samba (condivisione file su PC e smbclient su Amiga)

da Amiga a PC:  144 KB/s

da PC a Amiga:  160 KB/s

Just to mention from the same article, that the same ISA card (of the X-surf) used on a PC can go up to  1 MB/sec, but on the AMiGA side hardly beats half the speed... This might be due to the ISA -> Zorro conversion?
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MILF RUSSIAN