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Odd Speed Problem with ETHERNET!!!!
Name: candease Date: September 8, 2004 at 11:39:39 Pacific OS: Windows XP SP2 CPU/Ram: Athlon 1.1ghz/1024 mb ddr
Comment:
Hi i have an odd SPEED problem, im connected directly thru highspeed ethernet internet in North Florida and i routinely test my speed at dslreports different locations at 300+k/s upload and download. however, FTP and IRC DCC transfers will NOT exceed 100k/s UPLOAD , is there any good reason? i just got a new NIC because of this, i just reinstalled SP2, and im getting a new ethernet wire out of frustration soon!
Name: xadxrapx Date: September 8, 2004 at 11:50:34 Pacific
Reply:
Save your money. If DSL reports show 300KBPS+ then it has to be the FTP/IRC servers your are downloading from. I get that too sometimes. I might hit a meg per sec on one and below 50 kbps on others.
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Response Number 2
Name: josh (by jpag3074) Date: September 8, 2004 at 12:58:21 Pacific
Reply:
agreed, there are tons of people on irc/ftp, that uses up quite a bit of bandwidth i am surprised at your DSL speed, my speed in indiana 800kbps+ it rarely goes below that
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Response Number 3
Name: candease Date: September 8, 2004 at 13:46:43 Pacific
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But this will not do, the ppl i am testing DCC sends with i KNOW have faster connections and i try multiple at a time and they just happen to cap at the odd # of 100k/s
Christopher University of Florida
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Response Number 4
Name: wizard-fred Date: September 8, 2004 at 16:18:16 Pacific
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Most broadband services are asymetric. Your download is faster than the upload. This is to prevent their server from getting congested (and you from running a local server).
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Response Number 5
Name: Alirezan1 Date: September 9, 2004 at 01:20:48 Pacific
Reply:
yes, it's often the case with home users. The upload sped is much less than the download speed. Also, note that FTP is often very slow, so don't be surprised if your speed drops below even 10KBPS. ( as was said by previous follow-ups )
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