Hello all,
I’ve just managed to set up a home server for storing all my pictures, videos etc centrally, and initially networked through wireless (I hadn’t bought the NIC for the server – old computer btw) and the appropriate cables). The main use for it was to link to the network shares through a Shuttle that I have as a Media PC (This runs Vista Media Centre).
Last night I have finally got round to getting the cabling done and the setup is as follows:
Media PC <---- Router -----> Server
I’ve left out another PC upstairs which connect wirelessly, and also my wife’s laptop. Now, the Ethernet connections in the above diagram, work better than wireless, in that the files can be accessed a lot quicker in Vista Media Centre.
However, the next thing I tried was to copy some files from the Media PC to the Server. I tested moving 8GB of files from the Media PC to the server and the throughput wasn’t as I expected. Checking in the device manager of both computers shows that the NICs are 100mbps, is 12.5MBps. Due to network overheads, I would expect this to be less, but I was getting a transfer rate of about 5MBps according to vista – equating to 40mbps. Additionally in the networking tab, there is a maximum network utilization of about 50%
Cam anyone help with troubleshooting the network performance? I can setup networks fine, but I don’t know how to configure them optimally. Is that performance below what I should be expecting? Is there a way to figure out the bottleneck? I cant figure out if I have to configure the NIC or the router in a particular way.
Could anyone give me a starting point maybe – maybe something to test that full bandwidth is possible (I only ask as I made up my own Ethernet as I needed to recrimp one head and wonder if the cable could limit max bandwidth?)
Anyway, any suggestions would be very welcome - if more information is needed then just ask!
JP


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