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only 10 MBPS max speed out of 10/100 MBPS NIC????

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taken Original post #1
Feb 23, 2006 at 3:31 PM
hi,
we now a days normally see that NIC cards having 10/100 MBPS speed marks. now we get max of 10 MBPS only, where has this 100 MBPS gone. is it that its just for name sake are can we expolit it which is hidden in settings
somewhere???

pls enlighten me...
aken
RCuber
RCuber #2
Feb 23, 2006 at 4:40 PM
Just install the correct drivers, that will work.My comp shows my NICs speed as 10Mbps when the modem is off. but when i switch on the modem the comp recognises it as a 100 Mbps NIC. And if u want to change the speed just open your NIC's property page in device manager goto advanced tab. now select Link speed/Duplex mode and now u can change the speed settings.

Charan
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Andyiz #3
Feb 23, 2006 at 6:19 PM
taken said:
hi,
we now a days normally see that NIC cards having 10/100 MBPS speed marks. now we get max of 10 MBPS only, where has this 100 MBPS gone. is it that its just for name sake are can we expolit it which is hidden in settings
somewhere???

pls enlighten me...
aken
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u got it all wrong "Taken", NIC's are available @ 10/100 Mbps and not 10\100 MBps.
B----->Bytes
b----->bits
The actual speed u can get from the 10/100 Mbps card is " 100/8 =11.11MBps. u say that u get 10MBps which is perfectly alrite


I had this confusion earlier, not any more.
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manmay #4
Feb 23, 2006 at 6:32 PM
but in case ur nic card is working at 10 mbps then u'll b getting max 1111 kBps download speeds and not 11.1 mBps as in the case of 100 mbps
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dude_where_is_my_doll #5
Feb 23, 2006 at 7:29 PM
Andyiz said:
u got it all wrong "Taken", NIC's are available @ 10/100 Mbps and not 10\100 MBps.
B----->Bytes
b----->bits
The actual speed u can get from the 10/100 Mbps card is " 100/8 =11.11MBps. u say that u get 10MBps which is perfectly alrite


I had this confusion earlier, not any more.
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He knows the difference between Mbps and MBps .

Actually the Data transmission whether 10Mbps or 100Mbps depends upon your LAN type which is setup by LAN admin.
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manmay #6
Feb 23, 2006 at 9:18 PM
it also depends upon the lan wire..
i hav seen some cat5 which do not support 100 mbps
hey what abt cat6 nebody seen or used them...
ne diff?
champ_rock
champ_rock #7
Feb 23, 2006 at 9:26 PM
most of them r same...... i tried 2 of them basically it will depend on network traffic also......
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Andyiz #8
Mar 1, 2006 at 11:57 AM
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manmay said:
but in case ur nic card is working at 10 mbps then u'll b getting max 1111 kBps download speeds and not 11.1 mBps as in the case of 100 mbps
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u meant 1.111mBps, didnt u ?
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manmay #9
Mar 1, 2006 at 5:21 PM
@andyiz
1111 kBps is == 1.111 mBps isnt it?

nic 10 mbps will give a baud rate of 1111kBps==1.11mBps approx

and nic 100mbps 11.11 mBps

this is theoritically

practically 80-90 % of theoritical speed is reached.
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Andyiz #10
Mar 1, 2006 at 5:42 PM
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@manmay
hey dude, i apologize,i read it as 1111MBPS
tnz for correcting me