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On Monday, May 25, 2020 1:02 PM, I wrote:
>> Without much else running, speedtest.net shows rates of just 54/58 Mbps
>> (download/upload).
On Tuesday, May 26, 2020 1:51 AM, Andrei POPESCU replied:
> Since you can bypass the router and connect directly to the media
> converter I'm guessing you are using the WAN RJ-45 port (Gigabit).
That's correct.
> Another test you can do is to connect directly to your wife's laptop and
> transfer some big compressed file (e.g. a video or big archive) over
> SAMBA, NFS or FTP.
Thanks, I can try that.
What I have been trying a lot is Webex teleconferencing for my job. Those
all work great, including voice and slideshows, but seem to crash miserably
(including a loss of sound) if even a single attendant puts up live webcam
video. Very large conferences that disallow that work fine. We've set up
test Webex conferences at home, and again sharing a webcam kills it. I
suppose this could be some specific Webex problem, but I've been imagining
it's a throughput problem. I have no problem playing online videos, but
maybe they use smarter compression.
From: Andrei POPESCU Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 1:51 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: problem with slow network transmission On Lu, 25 mai 20, 17:02:58, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote:
> My network transmission rate seems much slower than it should be. My desktop > runs Stretch (v9, oldstable) on a Pentium 4 (3 GHz) with 4GB of RAM (the > maximum) and a 1Gbps network interface card (NIC). We pay for fiber optic > service at 500Mbps. The specifications for my router (ZyXEL VMG4381-B10A) > say 100/45 Mbps (but more on that below). The specification mention 100/45 Mbps for VDSL (RJ-11 ports). Since you can bypass the router and connect directly to the media converter I'm guessing you are using the WAN RJ-45 port (Gigabit). > My wife's laptop shows that the service and the router can do 500Mbps with a > 1Gbps NIC. The obvious difference between her laptop and my desktop is the > RAM (16GB vs. 4GB). Is that the end of the story, or is there some way I can > get my desktop to do much better? Results on speedtest.net are irrelevant for day-to-day usage. Try downloading some big files with compressed data. Your connection should max out around 50 MiB/s, so you have to download at least 500 MiB just to get it going. Another test you can do is to connect directly to your wife's laptop and transfer some big compressed file (e.g. a video or big archive) over SAMBA, NFS or FTP. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser |