Gigabit networking speeds.......

[Cannibul]

I have a small home network with two machines both running XP Pro. I
had both machines running though a 100mb switch. When transferring
files between the machines I could at best get about 5-7MBs transfer
rate. Since both machines had Gigabit NICs in them I decided to get a
Gigabit switch and new CAT6 cabling.

Now I can at best get transfer speeds around 9-10 MBs a second using
FTP. Using native Windows protocols I saw hardly any speed increase
from the 100mb network.

Now, have I missed something here? It seems that a 1000mb switch and
network should have a speed more in the range of 50MBs at a minimum.
Both machines have SATA hard drives that can move 30-50 MBS of data
locally.

 

[Guest]

Data transfer over a network is measured in BITS per second, or Mbps, thus
you have a Gigabit per second NIC. Standards were 10Mbps, 100Mbps or
1,000Mbps [or 1Gbps].

If you use 'simple' copy or read instructions to move data from one PC to
another then it will not be affected by protocol limitations such as FTP.

You can simply check the available or maximum 'speed' through your NIC by
looking at its STATUS.

Even though a NIC may be capable of higher transfer rates, the devices
supporting it may not be able to work at that speed. As an example, an ADSL
internet connection may only be capable of a maximum of 1.5Mbps even if it is
connected to a 100Mbps NIC or 1Gbps NIC.