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My PC to PC transfer speed is horrible. Vista is reporting it at between 4-15mbps. I got this transfer speed directly from the copy file window under the "more information" tab. Could this be wrong?

Here is my setup:
2 PCs running Vista (these have NO av software)

1 D-LINK DIR-615 router with 10/100 ports.

Cat 5e cables runs, and ethernet cables.

I was thinking of upgrading to a gigabyte switch but I'm not getting anything close to 100mbps transfer rates.
Any clue as to what my problem is?
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I could be mistaken, but on my system here, Server 2008 (mostly Vista) lists the speed in MB/s not Mb/s. So 100Mb/s would roughly correspond to 12.5MB/s.
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Originally Posted by BFRD View Post
I could be mistaken, but on my system here, Server 2008 (mostly Vista) lists the speed in MB/s not Mb/s. So 100Mb/s would roughly correspond to 12.5MB/s.
So your saying the report is in BYTES not BITS?
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Originally Posted by APOLLOSTEES View Post
My PC to PC transfer speed is horrible. Vista is reporting it at between 4-15mbps. I got this transfer speed directly from the copy file window under the "more information" tab. Could this be wrong?

Here is my setup:
2 PCs running Vista (these have NO av software)

1 D-LINK DIR-615 router with 10/100 ports.

Cat 5e cables runs, and ethernet cables.

I was thinking of upgrading to a gigabyte switch but I'm not getting anything close to 100mbps transfer rates.
Any clue as to what my problem is?

Those speeds seem about right to me, you'd need to run gigabit for some better speeds.
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Originally Posted by Penicilyn View Post
Those speeds seem about right to me, you'd need to run gigabit for some better speeds.
thats true. both nic and router needs to be giga.
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Originally Posted by Penicilyn View Post
Those speeds seem about right to me, you'd need to run gigabit for some better speeds.
But 10/100 ethernet has a top speed of 100mbps. And I know that is a max speed under the best conditions, but still 100 to 4 thats a huge difference.
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But 10/100 ethernet has a top speed of 100mbps. And I know that is a max speed under the best conditions, but still 100 to 4 thats a huge difference.
1024mbps= 1MBps

are you downloading or anything else while transfering? what about open programs?
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Sorry, my brains moving slow today.

So you guys are saying that 4-15MB would equal roughly 30-120Mbps. OK, OK I think I'm understanding.
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Originally Posted by noobdown View Post
1024mbps= 1MBps
Right idea, but not quite.

1 Byte = 8 bits

So

100 Mb/s = 12.5 MB/s
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