Is this slow for data transfer?

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Hello every body, just a quick question about the data speeds I've been having between two PC's.

I have been sharing my files over our LAN network to a friends PC via LAN/Network cable and he is getting a constant download speed of 2.5~2.7MB/s. :wtf:

This is the structure of the network: Host PC (Mine)->router->Client PC (His).

Note: We aren't using the standard copy and paste method, we are using a ApexDC++ server which i host via the local network.

I feel that 2.7MB/s is quite slow if there is a direct connection (well plus a router) between the two computers.

Any tips or pointers that will increase the speed would be great thanks.
 
why u using dc++ on a local lan. use normal copy and get speeds of 10MB/s. I was getting 66MB/s on a gigabit network.

Never use DC++ to share on a network at home it's designed for LANs 30+ people
 
Yes that is extremely slow. Probably would be quicker to copy to a flash drive and carry it over to the other PC :p

As nelis said just use normal Windows shares (smb), I am now getting 80MB/s on most files on my gigabit network. Invest in a gigabit switch, its a game changer if you copying a lot of stuff over a network regularly. They are cheap too.

EDIT: Wanted to check that my 80MB/s number was accurate and ran a quick test, seems I underestimated how quick it really is. Copied a 6GB file from my HP Microserver to my NAS:

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:) Impressed me even. Major e-peen points.
 
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Your DC++ transfers are probably so slow because it is still busy indexing the files OR you've set the amount of segments too high.

We used to use ApexDC++ on our LAN's of 10 people too and it worked pretty well and fast too. Rooihub + ApexDC on a campus network is just awesome ;D
 
Pada said:
Your DC++ transfers are probably so slow because it is still busy indexing the files OR you've set the amount of segments too high.

We used to use ApexDC++ on our LAN's of 10 people too and it worked pretty well and fast too. Rooihub + ApexDC on a campus network is just awesome ;D
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Please take a look at this and see if my settings are correct. http://gyazo.com/0efd20c86585b3d7379da3ddd3a229f1
 
nelis said:
why u using dc++ on a local lan. use normal copy and get speeds of 10MB/s. I was getting 66MB/s on a gigabit network.

Never use DC++ to share on a network at home it's designed for LANs 30+ people
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Well we use it in case of a power/network failure so it can just resume at any time you like, network sharing which you cant resume were you left off. Does that make any sense?
 
Rickster said:
Well we use it in case of a power/network failure so it can just resume at any time you like, network sharing which you cant resume were you left off. Does that make any sense?
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Seems like a bit of overkill for your setup. If you had a fast gigabit network you would be finished copying everything before you even had to start worrying about a power failure :p
 
Your DC++ settings looks fine.

If you're downloading BIG files (more than a few hundred MB's), then that "use antifragmentation method for downloads" can slow down the copy speed dramatically at the start!

Secondly, make sure that neither of you's DC++ are indexing files at that stage or limit the speed of the indexing to less than 1MB/s.
 
Pada said:
Your DC++ settings looks fine.

If you're downloading BIG files (more than a few hundred MB's), then that "use antifragmentation method for downloads" can slow down the copy speed dramatically at the start!

Secondly, make sure that neither of you's DC++ are indexing files at that stage or limit the speed of the indexing to less than 1MB/s.
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One question if I have a file of 1GB in the upload/download queue, how would I make the download segments bigger. EG: instead of 1000 1MB chunks I can have 100 10MB chunks?
 
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Could the problem be that in my Network settings, the option 'Flow Control' is enabled?
 
nelis said:
why u using dc++ on a local lan. use normal copy and get speeds of 10MB/s. I was getting 66MB/s on a gigabit network.

Never use DC++ to share on a network at home it's designed for LANs 30+ people
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erm... :wtf: DC++ was just transferring files over my local gigabit network today, and I just checked the average speeds: 60-75 MB/s!!!

Never say never.

Yes 2MB/s is slow, you could also check if Norton is running, I have experienced Norton limiting LAN copy speeds to <2MB/s, and after disabling it, they went back to normal.
 
Did I mention I'm connected to a 100MB router (although onboard Ethernet is Gigabit)
 
Rickster said:
Did I mention I'm connected to a 100MB router (although onboard Ethernet is Gigabit)
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100MB != 100Mb..

But to be explicit, 2MB/s is slow for 100Mb/s router, it should get 12.5MB/s max throughput.
Also check that your wireless is turned off, just in case the routing table somehow gave it a priority over wired...

How many people are copying simultaneously?
 
xera said:
100MB != 100Mb..

But to be explicit, 2MB/s is slow for 100Mb/s router, it should get 12.5MB/s max throughput.
Also check that your wireless is turned off, just in case the routing table somehow gave it a priority over wired...

How many people are copying simultaneously?
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I forgot to mention that the wireless laptop is getting 2MB/s and the other wired PC is getting 12MB/s. but surely 12MB/s is still too slow?
 
Rickster said:
I forgot to mention that the wireless laptop is getting 2MB/s and the other wired PC is getting 12MB/s. but surely 12MB/s is still too slow?
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2MB/s sounds alright for wireless ;)
12MB/s is normal for 100Mb/s LAN :)

To convert from b (bits), to B (Bytes), divide by 8.

You can test on google, search "convert 100Mbps to MBps"
 
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on a 100Mbps switch you'll probably only get like 11.8MB/s unless compression is involved and you're sending text that can be compressed very well, in which case the data throughput can be higher than 12.5MB/s.
 
Darn it, I always thought it was 100 Megabytes not Megabits. This explains every thing.

So... 12MB/s = 100Mb/s and 80~100MB/s = 1 Gigabit/s
 
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