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I ask you, how long would it take to transfer that over 100mbps ethernet?  Going by screenshots I have from old networking tests, ethernet 100mbps should run about 3 GB pre min.  I'm only getting about 40-50% of my 400mbps firewire network which puts it around 200mbps.  I think I'm going to have to try and move the exact same files over ethernet maybe because my results show about 1.7 GB per min over my firewire network :(
Old test:
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IOW... 200 mbps = 1.7GB/min and 100mbps = 3GB/min
Something doesn't sound right and all I can come up with is:
A: the old test results were all large files (tons of small files = 1GB xfer slower than 1 file = 1GB) and today's xfer had a higher percentage of smaller files than the old one I have stats for.
B:  Windows really sucks at firewire networking.

I might lean towards accepting B simply because I never saw more than 50% useage of the available 400mbps bandwidth in task manager's networking tab.
Another issue I have is with this P5B deluxe motherboard and it's firewire ports.  It has 2 ports, one on the rear and one from a motherboard header.  Windows sees them both as 1 single port.  That means I can't bridge the 2 ports to see if I can get a theoretical 800mbps connection because only 1 shows up in windows networking panel.  I can connect the firewire cable to either port and it works fine without changing any settings... so that confirms that I have only 1 firewire port even though there are 2 physical ports.  Right?

Anyone else have experience with firewire net and getting full 400mbps throughput?