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Some reason Network File transfers seem awfully slow,  despite Desktop using a USB 2.5Gig Ethernet adapter, and Laptop Wireless 5 connection.     

Transferring small folder of Game Capture videos from Laptop to Desktop, and well says gonna take about 9 hours, might cancel the network transfer and just hookup a flash drive or External shortly here if doesn't speed up some.  

If i don't need the USB 2.5gig Ethernet adapter with my Comcast Gigbabit 1000 Download/20 Upload plan, then will reconfigure early in the morning, and resume using Onboard Gig lan port

Any other advice welcome though

 

I've always had issues with throughput on any USB Nic.  Many times I've even found the new wireless AX standard to be faster than many of them.  Personally, stick with the onboard gigabit.  

  On 12/03/2023 at 06:39, Kelxin said:

've always had issues with throughput on any USB Nic.

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I don't have any issues with the ones I am using..

Transfer between pc and nas using 2.5 usb nics one in each.

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That being said - if your internet is only gig, and you don't have anything else that is higher than gig on your local network.  And you don't transfer to or from this box from multiple devices at the same time that are only gig, and you want max out say 2 connections via your 2.5 then it doesn't have any real use.

How many files are you trying to transfer, what are their actual size?  Why don't you do a single large file transfer test, also do a test with iperf to see what sort of speed your actually seeing over the wifi and wired box taking any disk reading writing out of the equation.   Highly unlikely you could exceed or get close to even gig with AC, and even AX its unlikely without the proper card and router..   Typical AC with 2 streams and 867 mbps PHY would be in the 400-500mbps range..  Maybe on a screaming day you could push 600 real world..

Even with AX, your not going to see anything close to 2.5ge - while you might be able to get close to gig with 2x2mimo and 80mhz VHT..

Here is my iphone 13, using AC (wifi 5) to my nas over its gig interface, vs its 2.5.. The nas 2.5 is limited storage network connection between pc and nas..  But as you can see not going to saturate even a gig.. But not too shabby and in line for good AC connection with 2 streams, and 80mhz VHT

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So comparison of large file copy vs lots of smaller ones..  I just copied over 80 some files about 169MB each to nas over the 2.5 connection for a total of like 12GB, only took a couple minutes tops.. But as you can see was not reaching full speed.. But still not too shabby and way over what gig could do..

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Lots of smaller files is always going to be slower than large file(s)..

Much Faster than last night!  

 

Last night it was at 2.92Mb/s  

Though didn't switch off the 2.5gig USB Ethernet Adapter as yet, but did slightly move the XB7 Gateway earlier to get the Laptops wifi connecting better wifi wise, originally was only getting 650/650,  now 866/866 link speed

 

And this is the Original Files i was trying to last night lol

 

 

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That works out to about 340 something mbps..  somewhat in the normal range for 2 stream AC wifi of about 400mbps real world..

when you want to move large amount of data maybe you want to plug your laptop in - gig should max out at like 113MBps

Here I hit my nas over gig and moving a large 5GB file

 

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Yeah i believe it was plugged in during that transfer

 

I can try it again once i get Desktop back to using built in Gig ethernet port which i should get to tomorrow morning early.      

Right now Desktop still using USB 2.5gig ethernet adapter as haven't had time to do the switch as yet. 

Sorry i didn't see this reply earlier today oops, got so busy with taking care of other things around here today.

 

  On 14/03/2023 at 03:00, bikeman25 said:

Yeah i believe it was plugged in during that transfer

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That was via a wire and only seeing 43MBps ?  did you do an iperf test?

gig you should be seeing over 800 for sure, but should be more like 940ish

Here is iperf from pc to nas over gig, in both directions.  Normally the client running iperf is sender, doing with -R has the server send traffic to the client.  So you can validate both directions of sending a file or downloading a file, etc.

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I would do this test with both your usb nic, and then when you get your normal gig interface..

If your not seeing full speed on the wire, or say 400-500ish over wifi then no your never going to be doing file transfers at full speed possible.  If you see full speed with iperf, then network is not the reason for slow file copies, and its something else like disk speed, or something else on the systems slowing it down.

 

The laptop was on wifi doing that transfer, desktop always wired.  

Didn't do an ipref test yet,  but will asap here...soon as I wake up from sleeping today will conduct ipref test 

Laptop was recently clean installed of Windows 10.

Desktop is Windows 11 Pro 64bit if that matters any

Last clean install on Desktop 10-6-2021

 

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