Bandwidth in computing is a measure of how much data can be transferred over a medium in a given amount of time, mostly shown as MBit/s or GBit/s. It is the primary way of classifying the speed of computer networks or data buses.
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How does Windows schedule network traffic?
I have a scenario where multiple connections are fighting for my upstream, and any one of them capable of utilizing 100% of what is available.
I've noticed that with three concurrent uploads, one via ...
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how can one setup a bandwidth control on a local network? [closed]
I want to setup bandwidth control for our network, by using a 'main' computer as the hub to manage bandwidths of other computers connected to the same network.
Also, I have a dedicated IP with my ...
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What is it that determines a network's bandwidth?
While I understand the concept of bandwidth in an Ethernet network - the Ethernet card in my computer "transmits" packets at a certain speed so I have a 100 Mbps network.
However, what gives other ...
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Can I use multiple vpn connections to increase bandwidth
There is wifi network in our college and it only connected to local server so if we want to use internet we have to connect to a vpn server using our specific user/pass the problem is bandwidth is ...
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Lower bandwidth on Linux than on Windows behind same wireless router
UPDATE: When I connected via an Ethernet cable directly running from my Linux laptop to my wireless router, I get the correct bandwdith (~10 Mbits/s). It's only when I connect wirelessly that my ...
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Determining contributors to elapsed time during a network request
The situation:
There is a remote server.
I am running a client program that makes calls to the server and requests data.
These requests perform very slowly.
The server limits the number of results ...
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Approximately how much upload bandwidth per unit time does Spotify use? [closed]
A lot of people complain about Spotify using their upload bandwidth to stream music for other users. I'm not interested in complaining, but I am very interested in how much bandwidth is actually being ...
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How to calculate flows based upon bandwidth? [closed]
I want to know how can one calculate bandwidth requirements based upon flows and viceversa.
Meaning if I had to achieve total of 50,000 netflows what is the bandwidth requirement to produce this ...
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Troubleshoot ssh -X a lot less responsive than VNC
I need to work on a GUI on a remote Linux (CentOs) server (I measured with iperf a ~8Mbits/sec connection between these two machines). I always used ssh -X instead of VNC for this since:
I need to ...
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Does PCIe 3.0 x8 provide enough bandwidth for a dual QSFP 40Gbit NIC?
I'm researching dual QSFP 40GBit network cards for a work project and have a few questions regarding PCIe 3.0's theoretical max bandwidth.
I'm currently looking at a dual QSFP PCIe 3.0 x8 card on CDW ...
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Distributing proxy server
I am searching for some sort of proxy forwarder that will keep a stack of other proxy servers and will distribute connections between them. It will accept connections as usual proxy server, but then ...
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VPN Server On Windows Server 2008 R2 Bandwidth Throttling [closed]
I have set up a PPTP VPN Server in Windows Server 2008 R2 to share the Internet access with about 10 client PC.
Is there any solution to set the bandwidth throttling separately to each client?
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Extra Bandwidth - Why Still Lag In Games?
I have two computers - one for media streaming and one for gaming. My media streaming machine streams using the Asian P2P Media Streaming software Funshion. I've capped my download/upload speed on my ...
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What drawbacks are there when using memory that is faster than what is rated by the motherboard?
With the Core i7 platform, memory speeds of up to 1600MHz are officially supported, but kits are sold with speeds of up to 2133MHz and beyond.
Are the caveats/drawbacks of using faster-than-rated ...
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test isp for bandwidth throttling
As of late youtube has been slow to load like 30-45 seconds in it will pause and buffer for 2-3 min. this happens on my wifes mac , my desktop and my work laptop so im pretty sure its not a hardware ...
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Two routers, Same Internet Speed? [closed]
Trying to do some network load balancing at home.
Current situation
One guy is using NetFlix and its killing the internet speed for everybody connected on the wireless router and its actually ...
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How many users could I host on a VOIP server running on my home internet connection?
I have 25 Mbps on the downstream and 2 Mbps (250 KBps) on the upstream. I imagine upload speed is most important.
For a very high quality TeamSpeak audio codec, bandwidth transfer for a single user ...
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Restrict Bandwidth by IP
Is there an easy way to restrict the bandwidth available to a specific range of IPs?
My scenario is I've recently discovered that watching movies on LoveFilm uses a lot more bandwidth than other ...
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I have a CentOS Based server. Each domain has its own entry in vhosts. How can I find out what domains are using up bandwidth?
I have a CentOS Based server. Each domain has its own entry in vhosts.
Everything is logged in /var/log/httpd/access_log.
How can I find out what domains are using up bandwidth?
It is running ...
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bandwidth control during youtube upload
I am having a slow internet connection and I am looking for some solution so that I can divide the 1/5th of available bandwidth to me for youtube uploads while at the same time working with other ...
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usenet server uses more bandwidth then I can measure
So here's the situation. I just started using usenet (server Newshosting), and I am on a bit of a limited bandwidth local network so I've been trying to figure out how much bandwidth I'm actually ...
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Controlling bandwith while using GPRS on Windows 7 [duplicate]
I have an issue with my windows 7 machine using a lot of bandwith while connected to the internet. I'm trying to limit the bandwith by using Opera in Turbo mode, but some other program is sucking down ...
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download a large file using multiple connections and PCs
I have three seperate computers, which I currently do not have an OS on. I also have three seperate internet connections with connection speeds of 256K, 512K and 1M. I would like to use all three of ...
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Bind process to network interface
I'm attempting to perform simultaneous bandwidth tests from a single machine using multiple network interfaces. None of the utilities I've found so far allow me to do this. The closest was iperf ...
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Router speed not matching my ISP speed
My ISP recently upgraded me to 150 mbps, I can only get close to this if I wire directly from the modem to my computer. If I wire through my router it maxes at 55, the router model is Linksys E1550, ...
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Is there any alternative firmware for ZTE zxv10 w300
I am sharing a ADSL connection with my friends using a ZTE w300 wireless router. However as many people are sharing the connection when one person is downloading the bandwidth cannot be throtelled. ...
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Low bandwidth only on Windows XP
Hi I own really old PC and I've 10Mbps/1Mbps Plan. Internet is distibuted with router over whole house.
The old PC uses 802.11b (up to 11Mbit/s download) Wifi card and has Windows XP+SP3 installed. ...
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How can I see a by-process and by-connection list of network connections and the bandwidth they are using on Windows XP? [duplicate]
I would like to see a by-process and by-connection list of network connections and the bandwidth they are using on Windows XP. I think I want something like iftop (as mentioned in this question). I ...
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Linux - Network Traffic Priority by IP
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 and looking for a way to shape network traffic based on the IP address. I have a LAN, lets say from 192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1.254. The server is at 192.168.1.1. All IPs should ...
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get bandwidth usage of a processes
I am looking for a way to get the bandwidth usage of a processes. I know there are programs like nethog that are out there but I want to get this data into my own program. So looking to see if it can ...
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Method for testing bandwidth/speed between two set points
I often work from home and wanted to see how good the connection was between the two points. I can speed test both locations of course, but that isn't necessarily representative of the actual ...
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How can I see which programs/users are talking to which network addresses and how much ? (Unix/Ubuntu) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a way to find out what application using most of bandwidth in Linux?
I'm interested in which programs are using my network connection and how much.
I wondered ...
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Finding the memory bandwidth of each core of my processor
Hi I am learning PETSc (a software for solving PDES' numerically in parallel) and I came this passage in the FAQ
High per-CPU memory performance is required. Each CPU (core in multi-core systems) ...
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how to troubleshoot asymmetric speed PPTP VPN speed? (downlink to client is slow, the server bandwidth up, and there is no encryption overhead)
I hope I have a general question motivated by my specific problem: I have acceptable upload speeds and unacceptable download speeds on my VPN while I think both endpoints have quite some bandwidth in ...
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Why does one person downloading kill the internet for the rest of the house?
We have 25 megs on the downstream and 2 megs on the upstream. When doing a speed test without anyone downloading (from Usenet, for example), we get the full download and upload.
However, if one ...
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Wifi monitor bandwidth by IP address
Is there a way to monitor the bandwidth being used by each IP address in my network? I'm using an apple time capsule router.
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Manage multiple cloud apps without using too many resources
I have Google Drive, Dropbox, Sugarsync, and Box might seem like too much but I like to take advantage of the hard drive space. Now how could I make them all work in harmony so they are not fighting ...
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Extended bandwidth test
I need to document the quality of an internet connection (it's crap). Download speeds frequently jump between 12kbps and 3mbps, and packet loss usually sits around 20%, though blackouts lasting up to ...
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Point to Point - Maximum Line Capacity Testing Tool [closed]
Superusers,
We are trying to test IP to IP or PTP speeds and wanted to know some tips -
1) What is the best tool to use which we can simulate traffic and saturate the line (thus understanding) what ...
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scheduling various things and balancing bandwidth while using torrent and uploading
I have approximately 200 files to be downloaded via BitTorrent,
these files can be from 200mb to 4.8 GB
on the same time I want to take backup of some already existing pdfs in my home directory,
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Bandwidth usage on MRTG ppp-channel
I have a Billion 7401 VGP router connected to a commercial ISP (ADSL). I have configured a Linux machine to connect via MRTG regularly to collect statistics on the line. I noticed the following ...
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Bandwidth Logger [closed]
I need to track my internet usage to know how much bandwdith I used in a day. I would like to show my ISP that I consumed only this much data.
Anybody suggest a good software.
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Application-priority based automatic bandwidth distribution in Windows?
Whenever my browser wants to download data, I want it to be granted as much of the bandwidth as it wants, while other applications must do with the leftover bandwidth; and when the browser is not ...
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Internet via tethering: How to limit PC internet usage? [duplicate]
Occasionally, I need to tether my android phone to my laptop to get internet. I have very little mobile internet (500MB /month) and it can disappear very quickly. I need a few tips on how to use force ...
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Does AdBlock Plus use internet bandwidth?
Lately I noticed that after installing the Chrome extension AdBlock Plus, my internet bandwidth was used more than ever before.
Does AdBlock Plus use your internet, anonymously? I'm a little ...
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Reducing bandwidth usage on chrome by limiting images downloading
I can disable Chrome image loading in Settings > Privacy > Content settings > Images > Do not show any images. Or in Firefox in Options > Content > Load images automatically.
I'm looking for an ...
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What capabilities to look for a wifi router to avoid clogging?
I am looking for a new wireless router that should automatically distribute available bandwidth to all users connected (up to 10 via wifi), particularly avoiding situations where some (one) user sucks ...
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Bandwidth of PCI SATA card VS built-in SATA
I have an older HP DL 380 G4 server that I want to utilize as a NAS. Currently it has 6 Hot Swap drives coming in at a measly 36.4 GB each – not exactly a ton of space.
It does have a PCI slot ...
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Tackling bandwidth optimization (possibly) through R-Sync
I am currently looking for solutions that can optimize network bandwidth usage.
Scenario: Server has a file. Client downloads it through a REST API. Client makes some changes and uploads the changed ...
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Attempting to find where my internet data is being used. Does this seem right?
Google chrome Extensions Used:
Adblock Plus
IDM Integrated
LastPass
Neater Bookmarks
Pocket
I use a monitoring software called "NetWorx" to check the overall internet
data usage. I also use ...
