Are my network transfer speeds too low?

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Archer75

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I have been transferring large files from one computer to another. Windows reports a speed of apprx. 13mb/s. Is that slow for gigabit networking?
I have a gigabit router, switch, ports on both computers and CAT6 cable connecting it all.
 
13 megabytes/sec is over 100mbit speed... however, quite slow...


u using vista on one of those computers ?
 
Specs are in my sig for the computer i'm transferring from. It's running Vista 64bit.

The computer i'm transferring to is:

C2D e4400
2x1gb PC6400 mushkin
Geforce 8500GT
Foxconn Micro ATX board(don't recall model off the top of my head, but it has onboard gigabit)
It's running Vista 32bit.

I did run another bandwidth monitor that tells me i'm getting 130mbps. Vista is now showing a transfer speed of 16MB/s. I think this is fast enough for streaming HD content. I'm told HD needs about 20mbps.
 
The speeds are very slow for these sorts of setups. However if they're fast enough for your purposes, it's probably best to just forget about it. Vista patches in the future should address some of the performance issues automatically, and drivers will mature further.
 
Archer75 said:
Ok, through my research I found this:

http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/thread/189033.aspx

I typed that command on both computers and problem solved. First file I transferred over was at 50MB/s
Click to expand...

Grats. I could have told you the command, but not guaranteed the performance improvement. With Vista to Vista, you could be seeing close to drive speed performance (capped by your raw networking speed) -- with the big qualification that all parts need to be working properly, which, with Vista being relatively new, frequently isn't the case. Thus the need for the manual command and OS patches, etc.
 
vista patch for file transfers comes out next tuesday i believe
 
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