Questions tagged [bandwidth]
Bandwidth tag should be used when asking questions about data transfer rates over various data buses or network protocols.
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Avoiding packet loss on a 800+ Mpbs data stream
At the highest level of abstraction, I am trying to send 800 Mbit/s from a hardware instrument to a 'normal windows computer' over a dedicated ethernet connection. But if I do so, I experience ...
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What's the minimum upstream bandwidth required for ACK packets in a TCP connection?
Consumer internet connections often feature asymmetrical bandwidth with just 10% of even 5% of upstream speed compared to downstream, for example 1000MBit/s downstream with 50MBit/s upstream speeds.
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Monitor used USB bandwidth in Win10
There are a lot of threads here about monitoring usb bandwidth, however none of them helped me, so that I post my problem here (device manager doesn't show me the usb bandwidth...):
I have a Lenovo ...
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scp remote to remote through local bandwidth limit
I have two remote hosts, I need to transfer files from one to another. They don't have routing between each other, so I have to transfer it through local machine, that routes to both.
I can use scp -i ...
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Windows 10 priotize program in bandwidth usage over windows updates
there are many questions on different forums asking whether one could turn off automatic Windows updates etc.
But I want my Windows to automatically download Updates etc.
What I don't want is these ...
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Why use half duplex at all?
I know what full and half duplex is, but in all respects full duplex has more advantages, so why use half duplex at all, in other words:
In full duplex connection , the bandwidth doubles and collision ...
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Mikrotik drop in bandwidth speed
When I connect my laptop directly to my modem and run a speed test I get the proper 500Mb/s speed. However, when I connect my laptop to my RB750Gr3 (which is connected to the modem) my internet speed ...
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Should I buy a switch or a new router to make use of all the bandwidth I am paying for at home?
This is my current network configuration, with the <- bandwith each device is receiving:
- ISP modem-router offering 300 Mbps both by ethernet or WiFi <- 300
- TV (wired) <- 300
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How to limit inbound SMB bandwidth?
Prologue: This is not a duplicate question. There are many questions and answers about that subject, but I haven't found a single one which deals with inbound traffic and provides a reasonable answer. ...
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throttling bandwidth for a specific app
I only use slack in linux for chats and messages, not for calls. Yet, I see it eating my network bandwidth to a crazy level for past few days. It may be having something in the background or maybe it'...
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Monitor USB device bandwidth usage
I bought a HDMI capture card that is plugged in with USB 3.0. (Elgato HD60S) I would like to know how much data is put through that USB connection. For example when transferring data to external hard ...
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Disabling WMM causes Wi-Fi Speeds to drop to 14Mbps
So due to certain problems with my Android Device I decided to disable WMM in my router settings (which fixes the problem)
But after disabled the total speed of the Wi-Fi is reduced to a extremely low ...
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Do devices on the LAN side and WAN side of a router adjust to a slow connection?
I use a Wireless ISP in a rural area and am curious why some incoming or outgoing traffic overloads my Internet connection.
For example, if my iPhone has Background Refresh enabled it causes a ...
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QOS and home networking, packet prioritization
I recently had a phone call with a tech rep over at Thinkorswim (a stock trading platform) who, after looking at my app usage, said that Thinkorswim was low on the QOS ladder and therefore could be ...
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Netflix bandiwth usage changes when using router and hotspot
I came across a strange situation at a friend's home.
She has a Samsung smart-tv with Netflix on it, which connects to the Internet with a 4G router through WiFi. In this setup the bandwidth is as ...
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Can you suffer bufferbloat when using only 1/4th of your bandwidth?
As the title suggests, is it possible to have bufferbloat without hitting your max download or upload speeds (on Ethernet)? I have recently moved into a new house and asked for the internet to be ...
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IPv6 consistently slower on my network
This is more of a theoretical question than a practical one, but my ISP gives me a dynamic IPv4 address and a /56 IPv6 prefix. When running bandwidth checking tools, I see that I consistently get a 2-...
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What is “inetinfo.exe” and how can I disable it permanently?
I am currently using Windows 7. A process named inetinfo.exe is slowing down my laptop. It is eating all my bandwidth and I can not use my bandwidth at other activities which are important to me, ...
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What's the maximum typical speed possible with 802.11n WiFi for local network file transfer?
I know that:
the theoritical limit of 802.11n Wifi is 450 Mbps in the 5Ghz band (that I use),
the router reports a 450 Mbps speed (using nirsoft's great tool WifiInfoView)
Windows reports a 300 ...
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Adding both Delay + Bandwidth restrictions via TC
I'm trying to set both delay + bandwidth to tc. However I can't add two rules without running into.
Error: Exclusivity flag on, cannot modify.
I want both:
tc qdisc add dev enp5s0f0 root tbf rate ...
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Recommended 10Gb NIC in PCIe 4.0 1x slot? [duplicate]
I've been trying to figure this out for some time, and lots of googling has seen lots of discussion but no actual answers that I can find.
I'm the happy owner of an AMD Ryzen system on an ASUS TUF ...
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How to reduce Zoom meeting data consumption on Windows 10 PC?
My internet bandwidth consumption is approaching the ISP cap. I checked bandwidth consumption and found that by far the heaviest user is a laptop (laptop A) used for ZOOM meeting (school), using 13GB ...
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If everybody uses the 5GHz WiFi band, won't it have the same issues as the 2.4GHz band?
Recently, I've had many issues with my home WiFi connection. I purchased a WiFi extender that works only in the 2.4GHz frequency, only to realize that the 2.4GHz band in my house is extremely slow ...
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Single band wifi extender with dedicated backhual channel, without halving user bandwidth?
I am trying to understand how wifi and wifi extender works on a super high level.
Some wifi extenders (such as Netgear Orbi) are advertised with tri-band, and saying a dedicated band is used for ...
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Optimum usage ratio for broadband [closed]
A headteacher I friend has asked my advice regarding how to optimise broadband usage in anticipation of another covid lockdown.The current speed is about 100GB and at peak usage there are about 200 ...
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What is the speed and detail operation when several devices do a Speedtest in an MU-MIMO router simultaneously?
I have read a lot of articles that try to explain how MU-MIMO works, but I still can't figure out how the below picture works. It shows that MU-MIMO Wi-Fi allows every device to have an ISP speed ...
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Converting pice 3.0 x24 slot to pcie 4.0 x16, possible?
This is for a high bandwidth ssd. I know I can plug the pcie 4.0 card into a pcie 3.0 x16 port directly, but then I would be stuck at the bandwidth of pice 3.0 x16 which wouldn t be able to exploit ...
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RT-AC88U bandwidth limiter affect device that's not in the list
I set an Android phone to have a bandwidth limit of up\down 10Mbps in Asus RT-AC88U.
Apparently this setting affect the bandwidth of a wired connected laptop.
The laptop is not even in the bandwidth ...
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Why does LetsEncrypt consume so much bandwidth
I was looking at my traffic patterns for my home network. Below is a screenshot my bandwidth for various destinations in the past 30mins as seen on my EdgeOS dashboard.
Why is Lets Encrypt's ingress/...
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How do I detect network traffic, and dynamically throttle a server's connection?
I have a Raspberry Pi running a computer program that requires a lot of network bandwidth. In order to prevent the Raspberry Pi from using up all of our bandwidth provided by the ISP, I want to ...
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Does internet speed mean per device or per modem?
When my ISP says my internet speed is 50mbps, does that mean each device I have in my household can receive up to 50mbps at once, or does that mean the sum total all the devices is up to 50mbps?
Also ...
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Having trouble understanding USB 2.0 industrial camera bandwidth
I'm using an IDS uEye industrial camera like this one. It basically records 1280 x 1024 at 23 fps (4 channels of 8 bits). As a result of some possible usb power/bandwidth problems, I was trying to ...
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Thunderbolt 3 - calculate bandwith required by monitors
As described by the Thunderbolt 3 Technology Brief DisplayPort signals transmitted over Thunderbolt 3 links have higher priority than PCIe/USB data so in case the total required bandwidth exceeds the ...
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using FFMPEG, what is the lightest way to stream a mostly static picture? (in terms of bandwidth)
I want to optimize a radio-like stream for youtube or twitch that features a progress-bar refreshing 5 times per second. Except for this progress-bar, the other parts of the video is static. Every 10 ...
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One ethernet cable or should I install more?
I have two cctv cameras, a tv and my desktop pc that I want to connect to the router about 20m away by ethernet. Will a single cable do with an unmanaged switch or should I install two or even more. I ...
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Does Skype continue transferring video to clients that choose not to consume it?
I attempt to find any information on whether Skype continues to download video streams in conference calls, when I close/minimize the video window, thus effectively downgrading the conference to an ...
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How to consume upload bandwidth without a server?
I need to consume as much upload bandwidth as my connection will provide, but I would like to avoid needing a server on the other side to receive this traffic.
What's an easy way to generate a bunch ...
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Linux limiting upload bandwidth
I have a linux server that is reporting (on a 250 / 25 Mbps connection line) 240 / 3.5 Mbps. On the same network, another device (this one windows, and both wire-connected, no WiFi involved) is ...
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Bandwidth Concerns for 2 Webcams and an Arduino in a USB Hub
I'm working on a robotics project using an Arduino and two Logitech C920 Pro webcams.
I'm trying to keep everything nice and tidy so I thought I could connect the Arduino and the two C920s to a ...
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QoS router vs. long ethernet cable
So I'm a CS student currently taking some online summer classes at my mom's house. So far, I had one class, through Jitsi videocall, and the connection went horribly.
I know for a fact that our home'...
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Internet capped to 9mb/s on my pc. Other family members get the maximum of 20 mb/s
my internet is setup as shows.
main router to wireless WiFi extender. Ethernet cable from WiFi extender to PC
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windows 10 ignoring 100BaseTx FD setting, cable not the cause
I hope you guys can help me with an issue I am facing for about 2 weeks since I got my new windows rig. I don't know why but windows does not recognize it's connected by a 100baseTx FD cable.
PS C:\...
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How to determine the bandwidth of a AWS VPN connection between USA and France?
An on-premises business in Bethesda, Maryland (USA) needs to access servers at their on-premises headquarters in Paris, France. They are currently using a local service provider and Pulse VPN, but ...
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Determine Bandwidth of 4k video
I know I am doing something wrong because my math does not make sense. Can someone help me explain what am I doing wrong for purposes of learning. This is my logic:
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According to the ...
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What is the difference between the network adapter receive bandwidth and the used bandwidth
I was downloading huge files (a game on Steam), and I was wondering why my download speed was not exceeding 5MB/s, on my 5GHz Wi-Fi behind FttB.
So I opened the Task Manager on the Performance tab, ...
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Explanations for differences between internet bandwith measurements with MikroTik and local clients
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I am using an internet provider offering a symmetrical gigabit internet.
Recently I noticed a marked slow-down of my internet connection (up around max. 50 Mbps and down around max. 100 Mbps,...
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In Windows networking and networking in general, is 1 Megabit/s = 1000 or 1024 Kilobits/s?
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I was recently experimenting with using throttling inside some applications to prevent them from using the full bandwidth of my Internet connection, and I whilst testing the current ...
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How do you tell how many USB hosts a motherboard has?
I am building a system which will act as a hub for compressing and saving video streams from a dozen USB cameras. Each camera will stream at a bit under 800 Mbit/s so a single USB 3.0 host (5 Gbit/s) ...
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Optimize Performance of Google WiFi and CenturyLink 1Gbps Fiber
I had Google Wifi and it really works well. A few months ago I switched to CenturyLink 1Gbps Fiber service and overall I have been very satisfied with that as well. I have seen other posts of serious ...
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Bandwidth in communication and in physics... Faster WIFI speed?
While trying to increase the speed of my internet, I just realized how Bandwidth is understood differently in the networking world. That makes me kind of confused with why increasing a Wifi Bandwidth ...
