1970 build and problem with local networking

The fact that it's reported as 10MBps, half duplex is irrelevant. It will run at whatever speed you're physical interface is actually running.

 

Not so quick..... I id measure and It does not work like 100 FD? I tried copied the same file from MAC and than from Parallels and it is about 5 time slower.

 

rjgebis,

First of all, thanks for network dumps. You should have my reply shortly.

Actually palter is correct. Whatever speed Windows reports in a VM, it is not the limiting factor. On a fast machine in Bridged mode the VM can send/receive as fast as your Mac network connection allows, and VM to Mac throughoutput easily achives tens of megabytes which exceeds even 100Mb. You should note however that these numbers highly depend on processer/memory load on the Mac.

As a side note, if you're seeing Realtek driver in VM network connection it indicates that Parallels Tools are not installed (or you have skipped network driver installation). It is highly recommended that you install Parallels Tools as it improves network performance not just because the reported speed is 100Mb.

 

Just an FYI I too show the driver as being a RealTek. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Parallels Tools, but it still shows as a RealTek to XP SP2. Parallels Desktop also shows it as a RealTek.