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Thread ID: 66505	2006-02-25 09:21:00	How can i find network speed?	dwnz (5333)	Press F1

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433724	2006-02-25 09:21:00	Hi, I have just spent a day setting up a new network, and wiring up the cat5 in the walls to jacks around that house, and all seems to be well, apart from the speed...which seems slower than 100mbps sometimes...all the computers say they are at 100mbps, but, is there another way to check? Thanks Daniel	dwnz (5333)
433725	2006-02-25 09:52:00	Poor quality network cards Poor quality network card drivers Poor cabling :) Poor quality network switches Volumes of network broadcast traffic Slow PCs (i.e. CPU usage is maxed out or slow hard drives) Poor implemented network protocols Phase of the Moon ..can all result in transfers below the 100mbps rated speed (it is possible to get pretty close though). The best test to transfer say a 100 MB file between machines using FTP and see what you get (on the better spec'd machines). I have use a 100 mbps LAN at work and you never see about 5 times the performance of the old 10 mbps network (in theory it should be 10 times).	gibler (49)
433726	2006-02-25 09:59:00	It only seems to be when im accessing one computer off the second switch...my server, which is really fast on my machine attached to the same switch...but the other computer plugged in at the wall cant get to it as fast...time to do some more testing...it could be the switch at my end...not the new one	dwnz (5333)
433727	2006-02-25 10:07:00	Hmm...seems to be my switch thats making it go slow, if i by pass it, file transfers go real fast....if its there, they go slow...	dwnz (5333)
433728	2006-02-25 10:16:00	What switch are you using, I have had great success with Genius	Rob99 (151)
433729	2006-02-25 10:28:00	Well the one that the house connects onto is a 8 Port DSE One, and the one im my room is a .... well i dont know. it doesnt have any brand or anything on it...	dwnz (5333)
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