On Jan 17, 2014, at 05:26 , [email protected] wrote:
hi all,I can't get more than 14 Mbit from my 50 Mbit connection
Hi,I don't really have any idea where your bottleneck is, but I can assure you it is nothing intrinsic in your computer....
--- Assuming that by "14 Mbit" we're talking 14 mega-bits per second... that is 1.75 Megabytes / second. 50 Mbits/s would be about 6.25 MB/s --- Point 1: This has nothing to with your OS or hardware capabilities.I often use ethernet to transfer files from my linux laptop to my mac and have experienced much faster speeds:
transfer from:
Linux Fedora on Thinkpad, builtin ethernet
through:
Linksys 5 port hub
To:
Powerbook 12" - built-in ethernet -> ~ 48
Mbits/second
and later...
G4 Quicksilver ->
~80 Megabits/second
Each case the mac running OS-X 10.4.11, built-in ethernet, speed
reported by Linux, ftp protocol.
( I am quite sure that the faster transfer to the desktop machine is
a matter of the CPU speed, in my case, since the Powerbook's CPU gets
maxed out during the transfer. )
Point 2: I think somebody might have been pulling your leg when reporting the Windows connection speed.
My connection type is mobile-broad-band (at 2.4 Mbits/s), so I got curious and decided to do some checking about wired connections...
-> fastest average internet connection speed in the U.S. is 10 Mbit/s.<http://www.statetechmagazine.com/article/2013/02/average-internet- connection-speed-every-state-america>
-> U.S. average speed is 7.4 Mbits/s<http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Average-US-Connection-Speed- Now-74-Mbps-123988>
-> Theoretical maximum cable speed is 30 Mbit/s<http://compnetworking.about.com/od/internetaccessbestuses/f/ cablespeed.htm>
-> Typical maximum DSL speed if 20 Mbits/s
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_access>
What's the likelihood that you're getting 50 Mbits ?
... ( Unless you have a VDSL line or the like )
Point 3: Testing service...
Try other testing services too, such as <http://www.scanmyspeed.com/>.
[hey you never know, M.S. might have 'influenced' some of them].
By the way, I don't think you have mentioned thus far what your
internet connection type is (Cable, DSL, etc.).
Manoah F. Adams P.S.:In the course of checking the connection speeds for my self, I was reminded why I use a mac...
The moment I started Internet Explorer on Windows 7, what does it do?It tries to open msn.com and the computer chokes because it is trying to open a new window faster than I can click the close buttons, then even the "task manager" cant get enough CPU power to run, nor can it bring itself to the front to be useful.
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