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: http://lists.deb

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. ;)

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

2012-02-05 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

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 2/4/2012 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 >> expensi

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

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, ev

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 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 wha

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 debian-user-requ...@lists.debia

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 nex

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

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 manufacturi

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 lo

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 - >>> th

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 thing

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 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 line

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 2/2/2012 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

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

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): i

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... >> >> http://

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 hea

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=N82E168

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 th

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 mor

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) http://xpt.so

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 recal

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 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 pri

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

2012-01-21 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 rec

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 9.9MB/s

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. > - Ho

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, es

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? Usin

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, 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: http

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-01-21 Thread Syed Hasan Atizaz
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 on the other end its a typical cat5, speed would vary sufficiently. look for auto neg however it will hardly d

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