[newb question] how do i optimize bandwidth?

[DeepBlade]

hi, i have a cross over cable from my 2nd network card on my comp to my laptop, they connect at 100 mbps, and i even manually set it to 100 mbps full duplex in the device manager settings thing... for both laptop and comp, when i FIRST transfered something when i first hooked them up, i had about 60% (of 100 mbps), but now it doesn't seem to ever pass 50% (of 100 mbps), and slowly drops to 25%

i don't understand what's going on, is there any way to speed this up a little...?

[Frank]

  DeepBlade said:

hi, i have a cross over cable from my 2nd network card on my comp to my laptop, they connect at 100 mbps, and i even manually set it to 100 mbps full duplex in the device manager settings thing... for both laptop and comp, when i FIRST transfered something when i first hooked them up, i had about 60% (of 100 mbps), but now it doesn't seem to ever pass 50% (of 100 mbps), and slowly drops to 25%

i don't understand what's going on, is there any way to speed this up a little...?

Buy a gigabit switch :D

One thing you have to remember is that 100 mbps is 100 megaBITS per second, not mega bytes. There is 1024 bits in a byte, so do that math.

[scuzlbut07]

download internet optimizer... it should do the trick! :whistle:

[thebigj]

  Fowen said:

Buy a gigabit switch  :D

One thing you have to remember is that 100 mbps is 100 megaBITS per second, not mega bytes.  There is 1024 bits in a byte, so do that math.

I thought 8 bits in a byte?

EDIT: I mean for sure there is 8 bytes in a bit.

[DeepBlade]

ok i'm not THAT much of a newb...... of course i know 100 mbps is 12.5 mega bytes per second, but since it goes at 25%, that's 3.125 mBytes per second

internet optimizer.... ok i will do a search on that, thx

[Xylene]

  thebigj said:

I thought 8 bits in a byte?

EDIT: I mean for sure there is 8 bytes in a bit.

Yeah. You're right.

[Varsity]

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