Read a couple threads and I checked everything…

trying to transfer files from one PC to another over a Netgear R6700. Both PCs show Gigabit cards

So… i have no clue why im capped at 100Mbps file transfers

Both cables are new and purchased from Amazon last week https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0875SPZC8

Also the router says it’s capable of 1750 Mbps wireless. my wifi cards on both my PCs are 6E so should be able to get up to 2400 Mbps

both PCs and routers are about 5’ apart. getting miserable speeds over wifi too

Any advice on how I can fix both these issues? wired/wireless

  • ontheroadtonull@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    What kind of storage is in each PC? Are they both high quality SSDs?

    Can you test the network speed using iperf?

    https://iperf.fr/iperf-download.php

    iperf is run from the command line. One PC will be the server and the other will be the client. There are youtube videos on how to use iperf.

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  • Unique_username1@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Are you sure you aren’t confusing megabits with megaBYTES?

    A file transfer in Windows generally shows progress in megaBytes. There are 8 bits in each Byte. 1000 mbps would equal 125 MBps except there is some overhead to run the network, error checking, etc, so roughly 100 MBps is about the max you should realistically expect from 1000 mbps networking equipment.

    As for wifi, wifi sucks. The advertised 1750mbps is an aggregate total for multiple clients with each client using multiple channels (not all wifi devices support that) and different clients on entirely separate bands, which cannot be used by the same client at the same time. So any individual device will never get close to 1750mbps. In fact the raw throughput of the entire network in real-world use with lots of devices still won’t be 1750mbps because the entire router only has a 1000mbps link via Ethernet to the internet or the rest of your network. You would need a cherry-picked situation of some clients talking to other clients across the wifi but not to the internet or wired devices to get close to 1750mbps, basically, you can assume that the wifi speed listed on the box is not something you will ever experience.