[siljajoseph]

Please anybody suggest me a idea to increase the speed of my LAN

[crazy4laptops]

siljajoseph, on 26 July 2012 - 11:55 PM, said:

Please anybody suggest me a idea to increase the speed of my LAN

What is the make/model of the switch/network hub you're using?

If you're using a hub, there's your problem (hubs are older technology)
If you're using your wifi router, if it doesn't support 1000 mbps (gigabit) try and upgrade to this one

http://www.netgear.c.../WNR3500L.aspx#

To achieve Gigabit speeds, you need compatible Ethernet adapters

All Macs have Gigabit Ethernet and so do the newer Apple Airport/Time Capsule


Once we know what you have, then we can advise on the next step.

[smax013]

siljajoseph, on 26 July 2012 - 11:55 PM, said:

Please anybody suggest me a idea to increase the speed of my LAN

We kind of need more information.

Are you talking about only a wired network? Or only a WiFi network? Or a combination of the two?

Are you using Gigabit ethernet for wired? Are you using 802.11n for WiFi?

If you are talking wired LAN, then as crazy4laptops basically suggested you might be able to switch to hardware that uses Gigabit ethernet. This will require ALL devices and wires on the LAN to be Gigabit capable. In other words, your router/switch needs to support Gigabit (there a number of routers/switches that do), any computers that you want to be faster will need a Gigabit adapter, any other devices (such as NAS drives) will need to support Gigabit, and all your ethernet cables that connect the devices will need to be at least cat 5e, but would be better if cat 6.

I will note that even if all devices are Gigabit ethernet you might still have other bottlenecks.

If you are talking about WLAN/Wifi, then you would want to look to getting all devices using 802.11n.

[MikeTayon]

I am trying to learn more about Networking as well, and came across some articles that I found useful or interesting, and thought they might help you, and others.

Here is a old but useful article, hope it helps

http://www.windowsne...t-Ethernet.html

Here is another interesting article:
http://www.hardwares...com/article/231

This post has been edited by MikeTayon: 09 September 2012 - 09:47 AM

[MikeTayon]

MikeTayon, on 09 September 2012 - 08:50 AM, said:

I am trying to learn more about Networking as well, and came across some articles that I found useful or interesting, and thought they might help you, and others.

Here is a old but useful article, hope it helps

http://www.windowsne...t-Ethernet.html

Here is another interesting article:
http://www.hardwares...com/article/231

Dang it, it wouldn't let me edit my post, so I am adding this reply, because the KEY help in that 1st link is this:

"The first thing that you need to consider is whether the unit that you are considering is a hub or a switch. The difference between hubs and switches all comes down to collision domains. On a simple Ethernet network, all nodes exist on a common segment. When a machine sends out a packet, the packet goes to every machine on the segment. If two machines happen to transmit packets at the same time, then a collision occurs. When a collision happens, both packets are destroyed and must be retransmitted.

Collisions increase as the amount of traffic on a network segment increases. The problem is that collisions can become excessive and can slow a network to a crawl. Switches were developed to reduce the problem of excessive collisions. A switch maintains a table of which PC is connected to which port (based on MAC address). When a PC transmits a packet, the switch looks at the packet’s intended destination and forwards the packet directly to the destination computer rather than to every computer on the network. This greatly increases the potential speed of the network because not only are collisions almost eliminated, multiple communications can now occur simultaneously.

Hubs were extremely common a few years ago, but are starting to go extinct. Even so, if you happen to spot a really good price on gigabit hardware, it’s possible that the unit is a hub, so it’s important to check to make sure that you are buying a gigabit switch and not a gigabit hub."

This info is VERY exciting to me, and very important, so I wanted to post it in this thread!

Mike

This post has been edited by MikeTayon: 09 September 2012 - 10:01 AM

[evti]

The answer to this question also depends on things like how many devices are being used on the network, whether they're wired and/or wireless, which devices you are using, the hardware you're using (routers, etc), and other things.