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The connection speed on the LAN ( slack box -> router -> PC on the same router ) is fast as expected since only the router has to deal with the connection and no bandwidth from the modem is needed. Does that help? |
i had a feeling you were on comcast (like me).
ok if you brought the slack server to work and you left it there and went home and pulled a file from it from behind your cable modem you should see 3-400k. thats because your download speed is 3 meg. however, with the same seup i just mentioned, if you send a file to the server, again, from behind your cable modem you will see that 30k transfer speed. so to sum it up, from behind your cable modem, you can pull 400k but you can only send at 30k. remember to multiply each by 8 (bit to byte conversion) so 400*8=3200 (3meg) and 30*8=240 (close to that 256kb speed). so i think what you are seeing is normal. |
I think that is fairly typical. My downstream speeds will run in the area of 170 k/s, but my upstream speed is only 35 k/s. Most dsl is actually adsl and will have the same setup, a higher down than up.
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It could also be a limitation on your friends or your works ISP bandwidth. I would be curious to know what kind of transfer rate you would have if you tried getting files off of your computer from your friends or a work computer. At least then you would know what side the limitation is on, theirs or yours.
MagicMan |
Ok, I would first off like to thank everybody for their input. You are all fairly right, as I forgot about the upload/download bandwidth limit, mostly upload, placed by Comcast (3 Mbps/256 Kbps). I also forgot about the bit to byte conversion, thus giving me the 30kb/sec rate I was seing. Comcast does offer a higher limit for $10 bucks more (4 Mbps/384 Kbps) but I'm not sure if it is worth it. I guess I'll try and get them to give me some sort of promotional offer :)
Once again, thanks all! |
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