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?
Sounds promising. Will check after dinner.
The internet provider isn't being used. This is just Puter A and Puter B over a wifi router. Ergo last ditch is a wire direct connect.
Where is the hard code speed found?
YES. or how about taking the hard drive out of computer #1 and then install that haed drive into comuter @2. copying from drive @1 to dricve 2 should be easy enough.
Same problem,....slow speeds. I’m talking hundreds of gigabytes of data.
First of all, reading comprehension for this bunch of commenters is crap.
Your WIFI is slow. 2.4 Ghz I assume? You could try changing to a different channel. 100 ft 2.4G with a router in the middle... gonna be slow. Assuming the router is in the middle and each getting 30ish, 10 is to be expected with packet collisions, etc. If not on antique WIFI even AC can be slow. Mesh is slower yet but they lie about it for marketing.
Here is a thought: Storage is so cheap you could throw a drive in one (an external USB drive) and then walk it over to the other for MUCH less money than a 100ft of cable.***
Here is another thought: Move the router next to one computer, move the other computer over and just do a short cable transfer via the ehernet.
100 ft of cat5 is ridiculous unless you are in a big building.
*** best solution.
That will be after the hard wire stretched to the other bedroom.
It’s 2.4 and 5GhZ and picks the channel for me. I already have a box of Cat 5 left over from another job. The best solution so far is to check the auto negotiate on the cards. If I can force 100mbs that will be a good thing even if it has collisions. All I have to do is figure out how to do that.
(Also check that the wire doesn’t run close to any fluorescent lights.)
You might try putting a cheap switch in the middle, 50’ from one side to the switch, 50’ from the switch to the other side...it’ll act as a repeater.
Maybe get a cheap USB drive and do it
just to get this straight, you have 2 computers, both have wireless adapters, and you are using a random router to get them talking to each other.
Wireless cards are super annoying, and the range vs speed curve is usually very bad.
in any case the software that came with your cards will usually show the speed that it is connected at and you should have a little signal bar thing in the corner near the clock.
realistically as other people have said, get a thumbdrive and use sneakernet
Did you check your “white privilege”? (J/K)
If you have a 100 foot of cat 5 laying around you can obviously do the ends. Google cross over Ethernet cable. Terminate like that. Will run at the network cards native speed. 1000 or 100 vs the 10 you are getting. (Like moving the fence to let the dog out)
Or.... pull the drive from the source computer and go plug it into the other computer and do the copy at SATA speeds which start out at 1.5 Gbit/s and go up. (Putting a leash on the dog)
Or move the computers like I said and the router and go card to router to card and you will be happy. (making your wife walk the dog)
(USB drive “sneakernet” option is having a well trained dog that walks its self)
Segate 2 Terabyte USB 3.0
External drive is 69 bucks at Sams club.
Ethernet cabling is good to 300FT
Cat5 supports speeds up to 100Mbps.
Cat 5e and cat6 will support 1000Mbps.
Your actual transfer rate will be less due to overhead.
A hard disk drive is mechanical.
With cache, they are good for short bursts of 20-40Mbps; but for sustainable transfers you are going to see 8-12 Mbps, depending upon the size of the disk, and physical location on the disk, the data is being written
The disk is circular, so data at the inside of the disk is marginally faster access.
If you want/need faster sustained data transfers; I suggest solid state drives. They are about 20x faster, with the newer ones being even faster
Does your router have multiple ethernet ports? Is your 10 Mbs LAN a repeater or switch?
Most routers these days have at least a 100 Mbs multi-port switch built in.
A different approach would be to backup all the files on a portable device like a USB terabyte storage and then load the data onto the other system.
If they are Win7 machines and you have a wireless connection for each, you can network them and just pull the files from one to the other - or leave them where they are and just access them from the other machine. I think it can be done with Win10, but the process isn’t as straightforward.
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