Quote Originally Posted by NC View Post
I've decided to use wired LAN for networking the desktop and the laptop. Btw, I used something called Diskbench to test hard drive transfer speeds. I am getting speeds as low as 11 MB/s, which is no where near ethernet speeds.
Actually, it is ethernet speed. 11MBps (megaBYTES per second) is 88Mbps (megaBITS per second).

Ethernet is rated for 100Mbps (megaBITS per second). Take your 100Mbps, subtract about 10% for overhead, and you get the transfer rate that you are observing.