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    Ran a speed test with Dlink 655 Connected to desktop

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by petezjunior, Aug 9, 2008.

  1. petezjunior

    petezjunior Notebook Guru

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    Yeah, well I did a speed test with my desktop. I connected my Dlink 655 to my cable modem (cablevision) through two ethernets the standard setup). The max download speed I got was 9876 kbps. I am getting my laptop soon and going to run wireless internet approximately 30 feet away since the rooms are very close. How will I achieve a 300 mbps if I am only getting 9876 kbps on my computer???
     
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    LOL. You don't. The 300mpbs is good for internal transfers, etc. Everything on your internal network. External Internet access still has quite a way to go before it reaches 300mps in the US. The so-called 300mbps of your router, BTW is thoretical. You're more likely going to see 150mbps, if that.
     
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    lol...

    You will be lucky to get 130mb, unless you are sitting next to the router.
     
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    To put this in prespective. this is from one of our several OC-12's that run into my work(data center)

    the OC-12 is 622mb/s if I recall. NOW. just cause my internet says I get that speed does not mean I will get that speed. where you will notice this is if I run 4 or 5 tests at once! THEN you are getting your money's worth.
     
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  5. petezjunior

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    But if I'm getting 9000kbps download speed on my desktop, how will I achieve a high kbps on my laptop? The cable modem is connected to the wireless router
     
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    How in the world will I acehive a high upload/dl speed with my laptop with a Dlink 655 wireless router? Will the upload/dl speed be faster than the cable modem?
     
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    Yes, what they are saying is your INTERNAL network is faster than your internal network--your bottleneck is the internet connection.

    Residential internet speeds bottlenecks maximums are:
    DSL=roughly 3 mbps
    cable=roughly 10mbps
    FIOS=roughly 50 mbps

    If you're getting 9876 kbps (almost 10 mbps), you are indeed a lucky individual already--in fact, the cablevision average is about 8 mbps. You are the speed king of cablevision
     
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    I agree with gerry, 9Mbps is very good, I have FIOS 15Mbps DL.

    But the modem-ISP connection speed is not as fast as the router-computers connection speed. WiMAX might change that, 114Mbps (promised :rolleyes: ), or LTE at 172Mbps.

    Also keep in mind that 9Mbps is all data, including the many overhead bits (e.g. TCPIP frames), the effective throughput or usable data rate (e.g file transferring, games data rate) is much lower than 9Mbps. some applications improve the effective throughput (e.g. Torrent).
     
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  9. wizecoder

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    You are lucky my download speed is 45kilobytes/s. :(
     
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    360kbps is not bad neither, is it DSL?
     
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    yup it is dsl. but the annoying thing is on speedtest it says the average kBps for the service i am using is around 300. So i just wonder why mine is only 45kBps.
     
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    45kBps is equal to 360kbps.
     
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    What i mean is my average kb/s is 367 and the hawaii average for my isp is 2569 kb/s. And both are kilobits per second. exact numbers from speedtest.
     
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    What type of service you have?
     
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    hawaiiantel.net
     
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  16. gerryf19

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    FIOS=you lucky dog
     
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    I meant DSL, cable, ...........?
     
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    i think dsl.
     
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