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threaten2154 Grandmaster Cheater
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject: Router Speed Help |
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| Ok, I have a crappy wireless connection to a 54 MBPS connection. The max download speed i ever got was like 550 KB/s... but it can go higher, can't it? if so, how do i make it do that?
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superweapons Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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54mbps is the transfer speed between computers on your network. You probably have a 512kbps DSL connection, which is your approximate maximum Internet download speed. So you can't really make it go faster.
Copying files from one computer on your network to another: 54mbps
Downloading a file from the internet to your computer: 512kbps
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Pingo Grandmaster Cheater
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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i was thinking the same thing. The only successful thing i'v done to increase my speed was to manually set my max MTU packet size on my router and pc. That gave me a 0.6mb boost in speed. But i dont think that would help you much.
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hcavolsdsadgadsg I'm a spammer
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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| superweapons wrote: | 54mbps is the transfer speed between computers on your network. You probably have a 512kbps DSL connection, which is your approximate maximum Internet download speed. So you can't really make it go faster.
Copying files from one computer on your network to another: 54mbps
Downloading a file from the internet to your computer: 512kbps |
This doesn't even make sense, how do you figure that it's possible to send yourself something at 54mbps over wireless because it's "on your network" yet impossible to do the same to a computer say, right next to it on another connection?
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Pingo Grandmaster Cheater
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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because a non networked pc would go through the internet. If he only has 512kb download speed then he's not gonna get 54mb if the pc isnt networked.
Networked pc's dont need the internet. Thats why he would get the speed.
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| Pingo wrote: | because a non networked pc would go through the internet. If he only has 512kb download speed then he's not gonna get 54mb if the pc isnt networked.
Networked pc's dont need the internet. Thats why he would get the speed. |
Please tell me how your connection can magically gain 100x the speed because it's going to your computer in another room over no wires.
HMM.
So I can just connect to someone elses router and send them files at enormous speeds because I'm on the same network?
Sounds awesome.
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superweapons Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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There are 2 different things being discussed here, router file transfer speed and internet speed. Internet speed is determined by the internet provider, while the router file transfer speed is determined by the router.
Networking doesn't mean only wired or only wireless, it includes both. Wired can go faster than wireless (1 gigabit wired vs. a 300mbps draft-n connection).
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| superweapons wrote: | There are 2 different things being discussed here, router file transfer speed and internet speed. Internet speed is determined by the internet provider, while the router file transfer speed is determined by the router.
Networking doesn't mean only wired or only wireless, it includes both. Wired can go faster than wireless (1 gigabit wired vs. a 300mbps draft-n connection). |
More like the wireless standard being used.
You make it sound like just because a computer is on your "network" that you can magically hit the max theoretical speed.
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threaten2154 Grandmaster Cheater
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| why are you guys arguing about nothing in my thread?
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Whenever i download, it only goes up to 170 KB/S.
I have DSL.
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| waxxup wrote: | Whenever i download, it only goes up to 170 KB/S.
I have DSL. |
It also is dependant on the speed of the server you are downloading from.
Their speed can be affected by traffic, Internet access method, and much more.
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| superweapons wrote: | There are 2 different things being discussed here, router file transfer speed and internet speed. Internet speed is determined by the internet provider, while the router file transfer speed is determined by the router.
Networking doesn't mean only wired or only wireless, it includes both. Wired can go faster than wireless (1 gigabit wired vs. a 300mbps draft-n connection). |
It was late last night so i couldnt be bothered typing it.
keith2154
no ones arguing
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yah if your on the network then the speed will be there if your only transferring or coping within that network because the internet isnt being used.
Just like superweapons pointed out. I have two 1gb ports on my pc but i ony have a 54mb wifi card so i'll only beable to transfer at my slowest speed which is 54mb. plus my router only supports 54mb.
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I see a lot of people confusing terminology here.
1MB/s or MBps = 1 megabyte per second
1mb/s or mbps = 1 megabit per second
8bits = 1 byte
If he is getting around 550KB/s, that means he's getting just under 5 megabits.
Wireless connections will typically max out at half of their theoretical rate, so assuming he has a decent signal, his LAN speed should be around 27mpbs. We can see he's getting <5mbps, so unless there's a poor signal the WLAN isn't the bottleneck.
Sounds like you have a 5meg connection, and that's about what it's running at, minus a bit of overhead for the wireless connection which is unavoidable. If you want a little bit more speed you can hardwire it, but it won't give too much of a speed increase, but the stability would definitely be worth it.
Keep in mind, no matter how fast your network is, your internet is only as fast as the weakest link, in this case it sounds like your net connection.
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