Thread: 100M Network Card query
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Old 13-08-2014, 10:02   #12
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Re: Network Card query

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq View Post
There is no such thing as a 100MBPS card, nor is there any such thing as a 1GB card. You must be mixing up MBPS and Mbps. Nonetheless, you should be getting 95Mbps+ on a 100Mbps card.
We all knew what he meant, there's no need to get pedantic about it. Not everyone is aware of the difference between Mb's and MB's.

That said...

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq View Post
The real answer is that is bollocks, TCP/IP overheads will cause you to lose up to 2% of the available bandwidth. If you are losing 20% something is seriously screwed up with your connection and has nothing to do with TCP/IP
I agree with this. On a 100mbit interface, you should be able to hit 90+ easily and peak at around 94Mbps, give or take. That's what I used to get when I was still using a DIR-615 (which only has 100Mbps ports) on a 100Mbps connection and is quite a common.

The is absolutely definitely an issue somewhere and I doubt it's the network card.
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