So, now I have a solid OS/2 base, running my day to day works and so forth, I have come to notice that enough is not enough..
Here's the story. I have a OS/2 box running eCS 1.2 and a Intel Pro 1000 NIC. Actually, a Pro 1000 on board. Well supported and updated to the latest level.
On the boot, it detects as a 1000Mbps (impressive, it is) connection, and the signal seems to be very clean. I have a few more devices with 1000 NIC, and was one day sending files around those devices. Also I am using 1000 switching hub from buffalo for SOHO. (8 port, but has 2 processors on board)
I have found out that the max speed was around 15~20MBps, (yes, translates to around 150~200Mbps) measured. Of course there are a lot of issues that should affect this, even like disk defragmentations.
Out of curiosity, I tossed around one large file from one machine to my OS/2 box via FTP. It was from XP (NTFS) notebook to OS/2 (JFS with 128 cach specified) and max I could pull was still 20MBps. So fiddling aroud the TCP/IP setting and others, I found the OS/2 MTU was set to 1500.
Now, using Intel's 1000 driver (ver 3.61), is there a way or possiblity to use jumbo frame (or large block) feature for GB NIC's on OS/2?
It would be nice if OS/2 can use Jumbo Frame featur for much faster transfer between such devices.