> The MTU for ne3 and for the defaultroute are set to 1492,
> as is for the defaultroute on the notebook.
>
> So my question is, what makes it that slow?
Difficult to comment without more information. However, the NE2000 ("ne3")
ethernet adapters have a pretty poor reputation - check the mailing list
archives. The hardware page for i386 cautions against using them.
David S.