Posted on 07/13/2021 4:27:43 PM PDT by chuckles
I'm transferring many files between 2 computers on my home network and it's running at 10mbs. Both network cards are 100mbs and the router should be at least 100mbs. Before I run a Cat 5 across a 100 ft distance crossing transmit and receive, is there something I should check now?
100 feet is pretty long; it will sometimes degrade 100 mbps to 10 mbps.
the wire’s speed might be that much, but the hard drives at either end, not to mention antivirus and such, is the bottleneck.
Transfer speed is limited by the slowest component. Could be either the from or to disk drive.
Make sure the hardware is actually set to the highest transfer rate, many cards and switches default to 10mbps.
Why are you running Cat 5 and hard-wiring the system?
you can check to see if the network card settings are correct
you say your router “should” did you check to see what it was set at?
I am assuming there is no wireless in the mix ?
I know it is unlikely but do you have an old cat4 cable anywhere in the mix?
Do you have the aptitude to change your network adapters off of auto negotiate and manually set to 100mbps?
Assuming you’re Windows, sometimes cheap routers/hubs fail at auto negotiation. Try manually setting both to 100 and see if it solves the problem. Otherwise it’s likely whatever hardware is between. Try hard booting that first, of course.
Or the bus speed of the computer.
Story of my life.
you might not need to use a crossover cable, most recent cards will autodetect, for sure they will if they are gig cards
Are you using a network switch between the computers? Virtually all computers manufactured in the last eight to ten years have 1000Mbps (Gigabit) network adapters. However, as stated earlier, the computers will only run as fast as the slowest component. So, to run at the fastest speed between the computers, you should have Cat 5e (note the “e” for enhanced) cables and a gigabit network switch. While most newer routers have 100Mbps to 1000Mbps LAN ports, there are still some, including internet service provider gateways, that do run at slower speeds.
Oh and if you’re going to run cable then be sure to use the more versatile cat6 rather than cat5.
most cards also have lights that change colors depending on the link speed
Forget the speed just make sure it’s done right
I’m not using wire yet but that will be my last choice. I figure it would be at least 50mbs.
Note the LEDS of both router ports.
Then, hard code both network cards to 100Mb. (Often, they’re defaulted to AUTO.)
Note LEDS again.
If no change in speed, try restarts on both machines before moving on. Especially if they’re Windows machines.
Hope it helps...
Both HD’s are solid state running at Sata 1 speeds.
“Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.” ― Andrew S. Tannenbaum
I don’t know how to check network cards. I figure if i bought a card that will run 100mbs and the other has a built in card at 100 mbs it would default to 100mbs. Yes its on wireless right now. No cat 4 anywhere. Logging into the Router shows it set at at least 150mbs.
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