Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 05 feb 12, 18:30:42, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Not all do. Some do. And the reason is that I'm a stickler for technical correctness, I guess, and I don't like seeing misinformation spread across the web. Yes, I'm a one man internet correctness police force. I stay really busy. ;) You

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-06 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:30:42 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: (...) Still friends? But of course :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-05 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:50:48 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 2/4/2012 10:03 AM, Camaleón wrote: (...) You never know what kind of company is going to be installed next to your garden, right? So one day you open the door and find a power plant is your brand-new neighbor. At the time you (or a

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-05 Thread Miles Fidelman
Stan Hoeppner wrote: You have a fundamental misunderstanding induced EMI/RFI. The source of the interference must be relatively close, physically, to the cable, in order for the cable to pick up sufficient noise to interfere with signals. A power plant, or even a Tesla coil, in the building

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-05 Thread John Hasler
Miles Fidelman writes: Induced currents in poorly wired power-line grounding probably effect you more if you're using shielded cable connected to that same grounding. You should not ground the shield at both ends. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-05 Thread owens
- Original Message - From: Camaleón To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: 2/5/2012 11:04:50 AM Subject: Re: My network speed is only 10MB On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:50:48 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 2/4/2012 10:03 AM, Camaleón wrote: (...) You never know what kind

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-05 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:44:32 -0800, owens wrote: (...) Are we in an apples and oranges debate here? Camaleon continues to refer to FTTH for her examples which by nature are controlled by the PTTs or Telecommunications providers, while Stan and others use intra-data center and intra-LAN

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-05 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 2/4/2012 12:25 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:36:04 -0600, John Hasler wrote: Stan Hoeppner writes: In the US, in the case of environments such as manufacturing floors etc with horrific EMI levels, fiber is used instead of UTP CAT5/6. With EFI levels that high, even STP won't

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-05 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:39:39 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 2/4/2012 12:25 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:36:04 -0600, John Hasler wrote: Stan Hoeppner writes: In the US, in the case of environments such as manufacturing floors etc with horrific EMI levels, fiber is used

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-05 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 2/4/2012 7:22 PM, John Hasler wrote: Camaleón wrote: Fiber is another different thing. We do also have it installed since the last summer (4 FTTH lines, a 16-fibers cable) but working with the fiber can be only done by certified installers and the required tools are very expensive, not

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-05 Thread John Hasler
Stan writes: True, single mode vs multi mode. But you still need qualified/experienced installers with the proper tools to do the terminations. As far as I know most use cables cut to length and terminated at the factory for in-building runs (though it is certainly possible to do it in the

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-05 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 2/5/2012 7:34 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Stan Hoeppner wrote: You have a fundamental misunderstanding induced EMI/RFI. The source of the interference must be relatively close, physically, to the cable, in order for the cable to pick up sufficient noise to interfere with signals. A power

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-05 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 2/5/2012 2:33 PM, Camaleón wrote: It's okay, Stan. I don't know why most of the replies in this list end this way with you. Not all do. Some do. And the reason is that I'm a stickler for technical correctness, I guess, and I don't like seeing misinformation spread across the web. Yes,

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-04 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 2/2/2012 8:11 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:43:39 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Nobody uses shielded twisted pair cabling these days, not for quite some time. There is almost zero benefit. And if not installed (grounded) correctly the performance can be horrible, and/or links

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-04 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:40:41 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 2/2/2012 8:11 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:43:39 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Nobody uses shielded twisted pair cabling these days, not for quite some time. There is almost zero benefit. And if not installed

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-04 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 2/4/2012 6:53 AM, Camaleón wrote: No, I can't see why is not that popular within the US, there are many advantadges for having shielded cables because external interferences - that are not always under your control- still apply (e.g., wireless connections, proximity to high power lines

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-04 Thread John Hasler
Stan Hoeppner writes: In the US, in the case of environments such as manufacturing floors etc with horrific EMI levels, fiber is used instead of UTP CAT5/6. With EFI levels that high, even STP won't save you. STP can make things worse as almost nobody knows how to terminate shields in such a

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-04 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:36:04 -0600, John Hasler wrote: Stan Hoeppner writes: In the US, in the case of environments such as manufacturing floors etc with horrific EMI levels, fiber is used instead of UTP CAT5/6. With EFI levels that high, even STP won't save you. STP can make things worse

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-04 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 2/4/2012 10:03 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:47:16 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 2/4/2012 6:53 AM, Camaleón wrote: No, I can't see why is not that popular within the US, there are many advantadges for having shielded cables because external interferences - that are not

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-04 Thread John Hasler
Camaleón wrote: Fiber is another different thing. We do also have it installed since the last summer (4 FTTH lines, a 16-fibers cable) but working with the fiber can be only done by certified installers and the required tools are very expensive, not every company can afford that. The

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-04 Thread D . G . Gómez
[No Subject] Hide Details FROM: * D.G. Gómez TO: * debian-user@lists.debian.org   Message flagged Sunday, 5 February 2012 10:28 AM On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:36:04 -0600, John Hasler wrote: Stan Hoeppner writes: In the US, in the case of environments such as manufacturing

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:43:39 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 2/1/2012 9:52 AM, Camaleón wrote: One of our company networks was installed from scratch on later 2005 and I made it Gigabit (STP Cat.6) but should I have now to do it again I would consider in adding 10 Gigabit capabilities, at

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-01 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/31/2012 11:04 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:18:44 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: http://www.netgear.com/business/products/switches/fully-managed-switches/switch-modules/AX744.aspx Oh, I see... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_Gigabit_Ethernet#10GBASE-CX4 Never heard about

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-01 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:48:23 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 1/31/2012 11:04 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:18:44 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: http://www.netgear.com/business/products/switches/fully-managed-switches/switch-modules/AX744.aspx Oh, I see...

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-01 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 2/1/2012 9:52 AM, Camaleón wrote: One of our company networks was installed from scratch on later 2005 and I made it Gigabit (STP Cat.6) but should I have now to do it again I would consider in adding 10 Gigabit capabilities, at least for the cabling (devices are still overpriced): it

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-01-31 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/30/2012 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:38:45 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 1/22/2012 11:45 AM, hvw59601 wrote: So I check NewEgg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122392 10Gb/s: Check that price! $279.99 Holy Cow! And that's the cheapest

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-01-31 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:18:44 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 1/30/2012 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:38:45 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 1/22/2012 11:45 AM, hvw59601 wrote: So I check NewEgg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122392 10Gb/s:

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-01-30 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:38:45 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 1/22/2012 11:45 AM, hvw59601 wrote: So I check NewEgg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122392 10Gb/s: Check that price! $279.99 Holy Cow! And that's the cheapest one! You're either a moron or a

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-01-24 Thread T o n g
On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:14:15 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Ethernet at 100 Mb/s = 12.5 MB/s File copy at 10 MB/s = 80 Mb/s Ethernet at 1000 Mb/s = 125 MB/s File copy at 117 MB/s = 936 Mb/s Thanks Stan, for all your explains. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply)

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-01-22 Thread hvw59601
T o n g wrote: Hi, I just tested my network speed. It is only 10MB. But I think it can do better. So, - How can tell if my network cards can do better than 10MB? - What's the most probable reason for the slow network speed? I.e., which is a good order that I check for the problem? Very

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-01-22 Thread Bob Proulx
hvw59601 wrote: Very interesting. So I measured... 11MB/s. Ethtool says card (onboard) can do 100Mb/s. So quite good. I think: get a faster card and put that in... :-) So I check NewEgg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122392 10Gb/s: Check that price!

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-01-22 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/22/2012 11:45 AM, hvw59601 wrote: So I check NewEgg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122392 10Gb/s: Check that price! $279.99 Holy Cow! And that's the cheapest one! You're either a moron or a troll. Which is it? -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-01-22 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/22/2012 9:09 PM, T o n g wrote: Thanks again for everyone's follow up. Interesting discussion. On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:09:13 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: 9.9MB/s (megabyte/sec.) is roughly 80mb/s (megabit/sec) - fairly reasonable for a 100baseT network card Oh, now I recall why I

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-01-21 Thread Bob Proulx
T o n g wrote: I just tested my network speed. It is only 10MB. But I think it can do better. So, - How can tell if my network cards can do better than 10MB? - What's the most probable reason for the slow network speed? I.e., which is a good order that I check for the problem? Start

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-01-21 Thread Syed Hasan Atizaz
do anything good here. hope others would add more to it. Syed Hasan Atizaz On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 11:42 PM, T o n g mlist4sunt...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, I just tested my network speed. It is only 10MB. But I think it can do better. So, - How can tell if my network cards can do better than

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-01-21 Thread hvw59601
T o n g wrote: Hi, I just tested my network speed. It is only 10MB. But I think it can do better. So, snip How did you test it? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-01-21 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Hello, T o n g a écrit : I just tested my network speed. It is only 10MB. 10 MB is not a speed. It is a quantity, a volume of data. Also, B is ambiguous : is it bit or byte ? A speed would be expressed in bit/s or byte/s. - How can tell if my network cards can do better than 10MB? Using

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-01-21 Thread T o n g
On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:49:15 +0500, Syed Hasan Atizaz wrote: well 10MB is quite good, things that could affect your network speed could be firewall, iptables, router itself plus the cables, i mean no matter if you have cat 6 connected at one end and . . . Thanks for everybody's replies,

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-01-21 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/21/2012 12:42 PM, T o n g wrote: I just tested my network speed. It is only 10MB. But I think it can do better. So, How did you test, with what software? Also: MB = MegaBytes mb = megabits Assuming you mean 10MB/s then you probably have a 100FDX ethernet NIC, switch, or both. - How

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-01-21 Thread Miles Fidelman
T o n g wrote: FYI, this is how I tested, Measuring Network Speeds with Netcat and Dd http://jbowes.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/measuring-network-speeds-with- netcat-and-dd/ Here is my output: 512+0 records in 512+0 records out 536870912 bytes (537 MB) copied, 54.4971 s, 9.9 MB/s

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-01-21 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/21/2012 9:09 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: T o n g wrote: FYI, this is how I tested, Measuring Network Speeds with Netcat and Dd http://jbowes.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/measuring-network-speeds-with- netcat-and-dd/ Here is my output: 512+0 records in 512+0 records out 536870912