How much speed can i get in copying big files using cat6 with 10/100mbps switch? can I get the maximum 100mpbs when copying?

Meinrad Disalan

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hi guys, i really need help, i have a 8port tpling 10/100mpbs desktop switch it says that up to 200mpbs full duplex bandwidth, can i get the maximum speed of this switch using cat6 or cat6e cable?
 
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Are you sure that's Mbps? Theoretical max for 100 Mbps ethernet is 100 megaBITS per second, which translates into 12.5 megaBYTES per second (minus a small amount for ethernet overhead).

Your measured 11 would be the expected speed if it's 11 MB/s, not 11 Mbps. Contrary to the thinking of most young people, proper punctuation matters for this stuff.

A Gigabit switch would be 10x faster (1000 Mbps or 125 MB/s), assuming the ethernet connections on both devices are Gigabit-capable. It's often capped by HDD speed (HDDs can only...

Meinrad Disalan

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so how much speed can i get? I have a cat 5 tested with it and it is jus 11mbps transfer rate, and im planning to get cat6e to improve my speed for a little bit. so what speed can i get? thanks
 

TJ Hooker

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Assuming you mean you're currently getting 11 MB/s (not 11 Mbps), you're basically maxing out the 100 mbps speed of your switch (max theoretical throughput for a single port would be 12.5 MB/s). Switching to CAT 6 will not help. Buying a gigabit switch would help though.
 

Are you sure that's Mbps? Theoretical max for 100 Mbps ethernet is 100 megaBITS per second, which translates into 12.5 megaBYTES per second (minus a small amount for ethernet overhead).

Your measured 11 would be the expected speed if it's 11 MB/s, not 11 Mbps. Contrary to the thinking of most young people, proper punctuation matters for this stuff.

A Gigabit switch would be 10x faster (1000 Mbps or 125 MB/s), assuming the ethernet connections on both devices are Gigabit-capable. It's often capped by HDD speed (HDDs can only hit 125+ MB/s for large files stored on their outermost tracks), or by the software doing the file transfer (Windows file sharing optimized for a multi-user environment instead of single file transfers often have trouble hitting 100 MB/s).
 
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