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Dwight - 29 Nov 2005 19:49 GMT

I have a problem with the connection speed. The local area connection speed
is 100Mbps but the task manager network utilization rarely goes above
0.3%.The cable modem is a motorola sb5100,the device manager says it is
working properly.I set the flow control to disabled,connection type to full
deplex,adaptive interrupt to disable and none of these were effective.I also
tried going from ethernet cable to usb and there was no change.

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jwkh - 29 Nov 2005 20:20 GMT

That's not a problem. I've got cable modem and see the same thing. You need
to remember that your connection to an ISP is usually a fraction of your
"LAN" connection.

Try this site http://performance.toast.net/ to test your speed.

jwkh

> I have a problem with the connection speed. The local area connection speed
> is 100Mbps but the task manager network utilization rarely goes above
> 0.3%.The cable modem is a motorola sb5100,the device manager says it is
> working properly.I set the flow control to disabled,connection type to full
> deplex,adaptive interrupt to disable and none of these were effective.I also
> tried going from ethernet cable to usb and there was no change.

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Dwight - 29 Nov 2005 20:35 GMT

> That's not a problem. I've got cable modem and see the same thing. You need
> to remember that your connection to an ISP is usually a fraction of your
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> > deplex,adaptive interrupt to disable and none of these were effective.I also
> > tried going from ethernet cable to usb and there was no change.The throughput is usually 0.3%.Is there a setting that would limit the flow?I removed the dial up modem.

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Phillips - 30 Nov 2005 04:57 GMT

Your ethernet port connects (with the modem) at 100MB/s, but your modem
connect to Internet at a speed far less than that... 3MB/s or so; hence, in
Task Manager, the Network Speed (aproximate) value - 0.03% - is your cable
connection speed as a percentage of the ethernet connection speed
(3MB/100MB). I assume the 0.3% value in your email is... a typo :)
Check your internet connection speed at: http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
Michael

>I have a problem with the connection speed. The local area connection speed
> is 100Mbps but the task manager network utilization rarely goes above
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> also
> tried going from ethernet cable to usb and there was no change.

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