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qasdfdsaq · 05-09-2012, 11:11

You'll get 100Mb on a 100Mb port, that's why it's called a 100Mb port. After overheads you'll see something around 94-95Mb/sec in your average flash-based speedtest web app. The way I measure speed I get 99.3Mb/sec on a 100Mb port. It seems network bods, the general public, and VM all have different definitions of "speed"...

Course VM's idea of "speed" doesn't adhere to any industry standard whatsoever and their 100Mb service is actually 111Mb, to compensate for and inflate their poor speedtest results. So you will get 100Mb fine, but you won't get the maximum your service is capable of (111Mb) or will "soon" be upgraded to (120Mb + fluff)

On the note of collisions, they don't happen on ethernet switches (but were common in previous gen ethernet hubs). On a switch every link and port is its own collision domain.

05-09-2012, 11:11	#3
qasdfdsaq cf.mega poster Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,207	Re: Router and Speed You'll get 100Mb on a 100Mb port, that's why it's called a 100Mb port. After overheads you'll see something around 94-95Mb/sec in your average flash-based speedtest web app. The way I measure speed I get 99.3Mb/sec on a 100Mb port. It seems network bods, the general public, and VM all have different definitions of "speed"... Course VM's idea of "speed" doesn't adhere to any industry standard whatsoever and their 100Mb service is actually 111Mb, to compensate for and inflate their poor speedtest results. So you will get 100Mb fine, but you won't get the maximum your service is capable of (111Mb) or will "soon" be upgraded to (120Mb + fluff) On the note of collisions, they don't happen on ethernet switches (but were common in previous gen ethernet hubs). On a switch every link and port is its own collision domain.