[G4] Networking

[Snoke Jay S NPRI]

as I recall, it's actually called Target Disk Mode. ;o)  
mea culpa!

> You know, it's just me being an idiot. I have never even tried the xfer
> mode. Thanks for the memory refresh.
> 
> > I recall seeing something on the Ti threads about ethernet buffer sizes -
> > as in, you can adjust them;  don't recall any of the specifics tho and
> > I've been pretty happy with the xfer speeds I've been getting.  
> > but I have to ask...  why dincha use the firewire xfer disk mode?  connect
> > a firewire cable between the two, start up the powerbook while holding
> > down the T key, and it will mount on the 733 desktop and look like another
> > hard drive...
> 
> > > 
> > > 2 computers
> > > 733 G4
> > > 12in G4 laptop
> > > 8 port 10/100 Netgear hub with uplink port, comcast cable modem
> > > FileSharing on the 733 turned on
> > > The network path:
> > > Cable modem/Netgear uplink port
> > > 733 plugged into one of the open netgear ports
> > > G4 laptop also plugged into an open port on Netgear
> > > 
> > > When connecting to the 733 from the G4 laptop file transfers are very
> > slow.
> > > Was going to take 10 hours to copy 1 gig of info.
> > > Decided to connect the 733 and the laptop via a direct connect via
> > Ethernet,
> > > the transfer took about 2 minutes.
> > > 
> > > Anyone have an explanation? Thanks Wayne.
> >