A questions on network utilization (windows taskman)

[dbgg1979 0]

i was transfering files from my brothers pc to mine over lan (ethernet) and was monitoring the windows taskmanager. i was connected at 100mbps and network utilization is 25 to 30%

 

Questions:

- does it mean im only utilizing 30% of the 100mbps? (30mbps?)

- is there a tweak or somethign i can do to increase it?

 

;(

[CUViper 0]

For a more accurate measurement, try out Iperf.

 

Most often, I find that poor performance is due to crappy nics...

[adamvjackson 0]

Also, bad drivers are just as much to blame as bad nics.

[tweaked 0]

what they said.

[clutch 1]

Hubs and poor switches have the same effect as well, with poor bandwidth/collision management and a weak backplane they can adversly affect both latency and bandwidth.

[DS3Circuit 0]

It does help to pin the nics at their respected speeds so they wont have to negotiate duplexing and speeds.

[Mr.Guvernment 0]

will have to try the above myself, thnx guys.

[Champion_R 0]

Cheaper NICs also depend on free CPU time for performence. BTW what NICs are in use and any hubs and switches?