[Prog-Rocker]

finally got all the hardware configured.

Here's the results:
1st run is without vent running
2nd run is with vent connected to external server on both systems

C:\Xfer>iperf -c 192.168.0.90 -w 128k -P 2 -t 30
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Client connecting to 192.168.0.90, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 128 KByte
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[1896] local 192.168.0.15 port 1289 connected with 192.168.0.90 port 5001
[1912] local 192.168.0.15 port 1288 connected with 192.168.0.90 port 5001
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[1896] 0.0-30.2 sec 1.65 GBytes 469 Mbits/sec
[1912] 0.0-30.2 sec 1.56 GBytes 445 Mbits/sec
[SUM] 0.0-30.2 sec 3.21 GBytes 914 Mbits/sec
C:\Xfer>iperf -c 192.168.0.90 -w 128k -P 2 -t 30
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to 192.168.0.90, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 128 KByte
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[1896] local 192.168.0.15 port 1295 connected with 192.168.0.90 port 5001
[1912] local 192.168.0.15 port 1294 connected with 192.168.0.90 port 5001
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[1896] 0.0-30.2 sec 1.61 GBytes 458 Mbits/sec
[1912] 0.0-30.4 sec 1.56 GBytes 441 Mbits/sec
[SUM] 0.0-30.4 sec 3.17 GBytes 896 Mbits/sec

both systems running Vent v305
Netgear GS108 Gigabit switch
server pc - Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit, nVidia nForce adapter, auto negotiate, microsoft driver 2007
client pc - Windows XP SP2 32bit, Marvell Yukon 88E8053 adapter, forced 1000 Mbit full duplex, Marvell driver 2009
no firewalls/AV on either system
same results on 3 more test runs