Question about home network Internet connection

[Frank]

I have a Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet
Controller built in to my ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800SE Rev 2.xx
motherboard. It has a 2.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 with 1024
Megabytes of RAM Memory installed. The operating system is Microsoft
Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2. I'm running a
Motorola Surfboard cable modem, hooked up to a Linksys 10/100 5 port
Workgroup Switch (Soon to be updated to a Netgear 8 port gigabit
switch). It's a home network set-up. There are two other PCs connected
to the switch, but they were powered down when I ran the net speed
test at the web site http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ The results
said my download speed was 2445 kbps and upload was 356 kbps.
Shouldn't this be faster with the setup I have now? meaning the
Linksys 10/100 switch, or is this OK? A friend has a similar setup and
the same internet provider, but his download time was almost 6000 kpbs
and the upload was around 900 kpbs. Here is a link to a .jpg of the
Advanced Settings for the Ethernet Controller -
http://home.att.net/~fm-home/Ethernet_Controller.jpg
Thanks much for checking into this problem.

Frank

 

[Rick Wintjen]

I have a Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet
Controller built in to my ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800SE Rev 2.xx
motherboard. It has a 2.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 with 1024
Megabytes of RAM Memory installed. The operating system is Microsoft
Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2. I'm running a
Motorola Surfboard cable modem, hooked up to a Linksys 10/100 5 port
Workgroup Switch (Soon to be updated to a Netgear 8 port gigabit
switch). It's a home network set-up. There are two other PCs connected
to the switch, but they were powered down when I ran the net speed
test at the web site http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ The results
said my download speed was 2445 kbps and upload was 356 kbps.
Shouldn't this be faster with the setup I have now? meaning the
Linksys 10/100 switch, or is this OK? A friend has a similar setup and
the same internet provider, but his download time was almost 6000 kpbs
and the upload was around 900 kpbs. Here is a link to a .jpg of the
Advanced Settings for the Ethernet Controller -
http://home.att.net/~fm-home/Ethernet_Controller.jpg
Thanks much for checking into this problem.

Frank

You don't say what kind of connection you have to your ISP; also, speeds
over the internet vary, as network use and message routing change
throughout the day.

 

[Frank]

You don't say what kind of connection you have to your ISP; also, speeds
over the internet vary, as network use and message routing change
throughout the day.

Thanks for the quick response. I'm pretty new to this networking
thing, so when you say "what kind of connection you have to your ISP",
if you mean dial-up, DSL, or Cable .... It's cable. If not, please let
me know what you need. Again, Thanks much.

Frank

 

[Frank]

Thanks for the quick response. I'm pretty new to this networking
thing, so when you say "what kind of connection you have to your ISP",
if you mean dial-up, DSL, or Cable .... It's cable. If not, please let
me know what you need. Again, Thanks much.

Frank

A little P.S. ---- The reason I became concerned with this is while
dowloading something off the net (A very large something) I ran
Windows Task Manager to close processes that were un-necessary,
figuring it would speed up the download. I saw the "Networking" tab
and clicked on it. In the bottom box, under "Network Utilization", it
shows a varying rate between 2% and 5%, "Link Speed" shows 100 Mbps.
That's why I assumed there was a 'Slowness' problem .......

Frank

 

[Zadok]

It's cable. If not, please let
me know what you need. Again, Thanks much.

Frank

try doing a speed test:
http://www.dslreports.com/stest

-- Zadok

 

[Nathan L.]

A little P.S. ---- The reason I became concerned with this is while
dowloading something off the net (A very large something) I ran
Windows Task Manager to close processes that were un-necessary,
figuring it would speed up the download. I saw the "Networking" tab
and clicked on it. In the bottom box, under "Network Utilization", it
shows a varying rate between 2% and 5%, "Link Speed" shows 100 Mbps.
That's why I assumed there was a 'Slowness' problem .......

Frank

2% of a 100Mbits network connection works out to the following:

2% of 200Mbit/s bandwidth (200 because with a switch it's bi-directional
and windows takes that into account) will give you 1Mbit/s. 5Mbit/s
would be 2.5Mbit/s, ie your speedtest result.

Simultaneously send a large (1gigB) file to two other pcs on your lan
whilst another sends you back large file and you should see that usage
come close to 100% (unless you've a cheap onboard NIC).

 

[Rick Wintjen]

Thanks for the quick response. I'm pretty new to this networking
thing, so when you say "what kind of connection you have to your ISP",
if you mean dial-up, DSL, or Cable .... It's cable. If not, please let
me know what you need. Again, Thanks much.

Frank

try http://netspeed.stanford.edu/
you'll get a lot of info about your connection's limits and why.
Cable has a few different tiers of service; are you paying for the same
bandwith as your friend; do you have nearby neighbors running
high-bandwidth applications over the same 'pipe'? These and many more
things affect bandwidth at any time. One test doesn't give the whole
picture; the results of several tests at different times of day will
give you a better idea of what your connection is doing for you.

 

[Daniel Carwile]

I have a Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet
Controller built in to my ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800SE Rev 2.xx
motherboard. It has a 2.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 with 1024
Megabytes of RAM Memory installed. The operating system is Microsoft
Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2. I'm running a
Motorola Surfboard cable modem, hooked up to a Linksys 10/100 5 port
Workgroup Switch (Soon to be updated to a Netgear 8 port gigabit
switch). It's a home network set-up. There are two other PCs connected
to the switch, but they were powered down when I ran the net speed
test at the web site http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ The results
said my download speed was 2445 kbps and upload was 356 kbps.
Shouldn't this be faster with the setup I have now? meaning the
Linksys 10/100 switch, or is this OK? A friend has a similar setup and
the same internet provider, but his download time was almost 6000 kpbs
and the upload was around 900 kpbs. Here is a link to a .jpg of the
Advanced Settings for the Ethernet Controller -
http://home.att.net/~fm-home/Ethernet_Controller.jpg
Thanks much for checking into this problem.

Frank

Your speeds are almost identical to mine. I would say you are getting
what you pay for. It's all controlled by your ISP. The 100kpbs your
network is showing is between the computers on your home network.
If you need more bandwidth from your ISP contact them and I'm sure for
more money they will change your plan. My standard play is 2500kbps
download and something like 380kbps upload. You usually only get 80% of max
so my download is usually about 2300kbps and upload 358kbps. This costs me
$39.95. There is a more expensive plan where I can get much more bandwidth.

I'm guessing your friend with the fat bandwidth is paying more than you
are.