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mac: slow file transfer/copy over network.
Name: shahrom Date: July 3, 2000 at 10:51:15 Pacific
Comment:
Hi,
I am using the G4 Mac machine.My Os is 8.0. Recently I experienced a very slow file transfer across the network from another Mac machine. My network is running on a 10/100 BaseT. It tooks more than 2 hours to tranfer a 800MB file.
Can anything be done to beef up the transfering speed or is there anything wrong somewhere in the system or anything to do with the network.
To go along with what lifekid said - Check the other systems on the network. Ideally, all should be running the same OS (preferably 8.5 or higher). Even a system running 9.0 can cause transfer speed problems if your running 8.0, not to mention someone in the office who may still have 7.x on their machine!
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Response Number 3
Name: Kento Date: April 12, 2001 at 22:55:50 Pacific
Reply:
What about OS9 with OS 8.6?
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