Can't Transfer Files between Macs

I originally thought the problem was with my new Airport Extreme N Gigabit router, but direct connecting both a PowerMac G5 and a Macbook Pro via cat5e ethernet, my transfer speeds over both FTP and AFP start out fast ( around 30 - 40 mb/s ), then tail off to nothing. As it's doing this, I can watch in the System Preferences as the Ethernet connection goes from green to red, sometimes hopping back and forth. Sometimes the transfer will resume only to stall again or stop completely.
I'm not having this problem when direct connecting using IP over Firewire 800. I've tried using the Finder, Transmit, and Flow for transfers, all yield the same results.
I'm running the latest everything on both machines and on the base station.
Any ideas?
Thansk

Sounds like it's formatted for Windows. If that's the case it's read-only without 3rd party tools.
Use disk utility and format it Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for best use with the Mac.
Regards,
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