About lan transfer speeds

[StoneColdWhat]

Hey well I dont do lan transfer much but I did it today and I was just wondering about the speeds, is the speed suppose to get around 10mb-100mb/s depending on the router speed and the card ? Because I'm only getting 600kb/s or so. Also I've never figured out how to transfer files without using ftps, that network sharing didnt work for me.

[studtrooper]

Typical LAN speeds nowadays are 100Mbps, which equates to around 11MBps in real world situations. You are ether running a 10Mb NIC/Router or something is really screwed up...

[offline]

Many WAN ports on modern routers are only 10Mbbs, whereas the LAN ports are 100Mbbs. This will slow down your internet speed, if you have a broadband connection over 10Mbbs. Router companies often mislead people about the actual performance of their routers.

In addition. when transferring files, the router's CPU further restricts the amount of data that can be transfered, as most models are underpowered - this slow down is most obvious when using a download manager or transferring data over a number of ports.

However a simple ftp TCP/IP connection over a 100Mbbs LAN should get you at least 10-15Mbbs per second. Check your network card properties, and your network properties and post the info here. If i was you I'd enable Client for Microsoft Networks and Simple Sharing.

[StoneColdWhat]

Hey guys, I've got the DLINK DL-524 listed at http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=316 Its going from a wired to a wireless comp.

[TJohns]

Then you're NOT doing a LAN transfer, you're doing a WLAN transfer!

At home, even just a few metres from the 54Mbps wireless router, I get around 25-30 Mbps only (probably due to other nodes around the area interfereing??)

Trevor

[greymalkin]

I believe you are confusing internet speed with the speed your lan is capable of (ftp is an internet protocol). It doesn't matter if you have 10, 100, or 1000Mb lan connection, your internet speed is only as fast as the slowest link between where you are retrieving the information and your computer. If I connect to an FTP hosted by a guy with a dial-up modem, even if i have 1000Mbit connection I'm only going to download files at 5k/sec.

[studtrooper]

LOL. A 56k FTP! I didn't know such a thing even existed

[ViRaL1]

LOL. A 56k FTP! I didn't know such a thing even existed

Used to be that's all there was; well, that and slower.

[redwudz]

I transfer large files between computers in different rooms over a wired LAN. The regular 100MB LAN took about 7-8 minutes for a 700MB file. I bought a gigabit switch and have that plugged into my router. It lets me transfer the same 700MB file in about 2-3 minutes or less. It operates separately from the other LAN system, but I can still go though the switch to the router for internet access. I used a D-link DGS-2005 switch, about $35US. Very easy to set up. No software required, auto configuring. You do need Cat 6 cable or equiv and gigabit LAN cards on your machines.

[studtrooper]

Cat5-e also works with gigabit switches/NICs.

[ofbarea]

I transfer large files between computers in different rooms over a wired LAN. The regular 100MB LAN took about 7-8 minutes for a 700MB file. I bought a gigabit switch and have that plugged into my router. It lets me transfer the same 700MB file in about 2-3 minutes or less. It operates separately from the other LAN system, but I can still go though the switch to the router for internet access. I used a D-link DGS-2005 switch, about $35US. Very easy to set up. No software required, auto configuring. You do need Cat 6 cable or equiv and gigabit LAN cards on your machines.

You could have even better performance separating your local gigabit lan with your internet connection.

For this you will need switch capable of supporting Jumbo frames. Connect all PCs to the gigabit switch and try jumbo frames set to 4K or 9K. Depending of the NIC and driver version you will have better performance with one or the other.

Usually cheap routers do not support Jumbo Frames, so you will probably need to connect your router to a different LAN card.

[StoneColdWhat]

hmmm well I'm pulling 600KB/s or so over the ftp which I suppose would be around 10 mins for 600mb so this is normal then ? Or how do I WLAN properly ? I dont really need a switch do I ?

[redwudz]

ofbarea, interesting. It's just hooked into the router for internet access, not through it. The gigabit side runs independently of the 100Mb/s router. But that's something I will have to look into. I'm not very knowledgeable about LAN setups, especially gigabit. I was just happy it was faster. AFAIK, the switch is not configurable. It has no software.

StoneColdWhat, at least in my experience, ten minutes for a 600Mb file is a little slower than my 100Mb/s but faster than 10Mb/s.

Lots more to learn.

[TJohns]

Rough rule-of-thumb ... divide by 10

A 100 Mbps network will EASILY get 9 MB/sec ... 600 KB/s is barely 10 Mbps. There's a problem there somewhere!

[doppletwo]

Hey well I dont do lan transfer much but I did it today and I was just wondering about the speeds, is the speed suppose to get around 10mb-100mb/s depending on the router speed and the card ? Because I'm only getting 600kb/s or so. Also I've never figured out how to transfer files without using ftps, that network sharing didnt work for me.

hmmm well I'm pulling 600KB/s or so over the ftp...

This is the problem. Like someone else said that is an internet speed not a LAN speed.



Well that is because you are using FTP, File Transfer Protocol. This is used for used for transfering files across the internet.



For LAN transfers you need to set up your LAN (Local Area Network).



If you are running Windows XP this means run the nework setup wizard on all the computers you want on your LAN.



Then you put the files you want to transfer in a shared folder, or make the folder the files are in shared.



Did you run the network setup wizard on both computers and set them to the same Domain?

[btidey]

This is the problem. Like someone else said that is an internet speed not a LAN speed.



Well that is because you are using FTP, File Transfer Protocol. This is used for used for transfering files across the internet.



For LAN transfers you need to set up your LAN (Local Area Network).

You are mixing up two completely separate things here.

FTP is a protocol that can be used in any networking environment using TCP/IP whether it is a LAN, intranet or internet. It is actually quite an efficient protocol that will normally outperform standard file sharing protocols (e.g. Windows) in the achieved speed of file transfers. So on a 100Mb/s LAN you may get 80Mb/s (10MBytes/second) achieved transfer rate with FTP.

Where the standard OS protocols gain is in convenience of use. You don't have to have ftp services running and you can typically browse and drag and drop file transfers more easily.

[doppletwo]

This is the problem. Like someone else said that is an internet speed not a LAN speed.



Well that is because you are using FTP, File Transfer Protocol. This is used for used for transfering files across the internet.



For LAN transfers you need to set up your LAN (Local Area Network).

You are mixing up two completely separate things here.

FTP is a protocol that can be used in any networking environment using TCP/IP whether it is a LAN, intranet or internet. It is actually quite an efficient protocol that will normally outperform standard file sharing protocols (e.g. Windows) in the achieved speed of file transfers. So on a 100Mb/s LAN you may get 80Mb/s (10MBytes/second) achieved transfer rate with FTP.

Where the standard OS protocols gain is in convenience of use. You don't have to have ftp services running and you can typically browse and drag and drop file transfers more easily.

Yes, you are right I have used FTP on a LAN before.



But StoneColdWhat (the threadstarter) is most likely using the internet to FTP, intead of using his LAN to FTP.