how fast is 10/100 mbps ethernet cards?
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Because when they say 2.5mbps, that's 2.5 megabits per second.  When you download at 300k, that's 300 kilobytes per second.  2500/8 = 312, so your download is going about as fast as it is going to go.  Getting a 10/1000 won't help if your ISP doesn't support faster than 2.5 anyway.
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The cheapest fastest (and easiest to boot) way would be to buy a USB wireless adapter.  It would give you the capability of hooking into any wireless network, including a home router or wi-fi.\n\nFYI, a lot of hotel rooms also have ethernet ports.  Not all, and it's not wireless, but it's a high speed connection while travelling.  Make sure you know your options, if possible, before you travel.
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I have found the best way is to use a hub. they are cheap and efficient. You need an ethernet card but unless your pc is old, it probably has one built into the MB.  Thanks for the question, It made me remember a question I had about my comp :)
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100mbps is a very high speed for DSL. Usually it is fiberoptics (FDDI) that is 100mbps\nThe fastest would be internet backbones and they are measured in gbps.
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PCI = 2x speed  ( 2.8GB/second)\nAGP = 4x / 8x Speed ( 8.4 GB/s to 64 GB/s)\nPCI express = 16x (212 GB/s)
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http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/\n\nOne choice.
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Ok, the Local Area Connection is for the Ethernet cable connection. (it's like a phone cord). You do not need this since you have a wireless connection. So you can right click on Local Area Connection and disable it if the little red X is bugging you. As far as the speed goes, you will not get 100mbps on a wireless connection. It will move up and down depending on how far away you are from the wireless router or access point. You only are using about 1mbps on your internet connection anyway so there is really no need to worry about that unless you are transfer large files back and forth from each of the computers in the home or office.
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5E has a 100GHZ bandwidth and will support 1-gigabit Ethernet up  to 100 meters.\n\n5 will support 100 base-T 100Mb to a  distance of 100 meters.\n\nCat6 has 250GHZ bandwidth and may support 10-gigabit ethernet to around 35 meters if certain procedures are followed and certain things exist (or don't exist).\nSo, basically, you can't tell if CAT6 will run anything over 1Gb without testing in the actual installation. Then there are mitigation steps you can take to make it work better (looser cable bundling, greater separation, and stuff).\n\nCategory 6A (augmented) has a 500Ghz bandwidth) and will support 10-gigabit to a distance of 100 meters.\n\nIt is near ratification.
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Let's get one thing straight. I see a LOT of people calling "PCI-Express" (aka PCI-E) just plain old PCI. PCI and PCI-Express are entirely different. For a complete explanation, including pictures for the reading impaired, consult the link below.\n\nHere's the order in which the 3 currently used BUSES were invented, along with their transfer speed capabilities:\nFirst: PCI transfer speed - 66-133MB/s (shared between all PCI devices)\nSecond: AGP transfer speed - 500MB/s to 2.1GB/s \nThird: PCI-Express transfer speed - up to 8GB/s in x16, 200MB/s in x1 (still faster than PCI).\nPCI-Express is the fastest system BUS.\n\nWhen compared on 2 nearly identical systems with the same CPU, RAM, Chipset, Video Card chipset, and other hardware, the system with the PCI-Express version of the video card installed in it will usually run 3D applications faster. I said usually because sometimes the software and drivers aren't optimised to make use of a PCI-E cards capabilities, though this was really only a problem when the technology was new. Since then, such optimizations and advances in drivers give PCI-E the edge. That aside, the main advantage of PCI-E over the other interface types really only shines when it's used for other devices, such as Gigabit Ethernet and RAID Adapters. PCI-E handles upstream and downstream data separately, and each device that is connected thru a PCI-E interface has it's own bandwidth, rather than sharing it (like PCI).
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i would say the first answer is funny but bs.\n\nfor a wireless connection to the internet with a 802.11b pc card the P3/500 with 192MB is still fast enough - period.\n\nwhat do you need? either an own wireless router like suggested from redsoxer (plus a dsl or cable modem), or you do connect to a public WLAN.
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your lan connection will always show 100mbps because thats the speed from your connector to your router, most pci lan cards (and built in lan) are setup as a 10/100 mbps card, so the connection is whatever the fastest available speed is from however you are connecting to the internet.  Check your actual speed through your router not the pc.
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Firewire ~ 400 Mb/s \nUSB 1.1  ~  12 Mb/s\nUSB 2.0  ~ 480 Mb/s\n\n400 >  12\n480 > 400
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The data running through the cords is running at 100 mbs, and that is fast.  If the cord is frayed or mangled, it may affect it's ability to carry data at that speed as it could be allowing outside interference.  Interference, such as from electricity, radio waves, and other signals floating through the air, could cause a high number errors which slows down the data.  I suggest replacing that cord with a new CAT5, CAT5e, or CAT6 Ethernet cord.  It will likely improve the Internet performance for that slower computer.
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12 Mbps is cool. It means 12 Megabits per second (You don't need to add another per second here). A bit is the smallest unit of information and your connection allows you to exchange 12 * 1024 * 1024 bits of information in every second. \nWell that is the maximum that you can get. The average will be lesser generally.\n\nThe short answer to your question is, it is pretty fast. enjoy.
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the further i go from were i live to d-load the slower it gets\nthats normal\nmy i.s.p.  rates the connection at 10mgbt\nthe fastest ive gone is about 300kbs thats pretty quik\n\ncheck you connection at =\nhttp://www.broadbandreports.com/tools\ngo down to speed tests\npick a test server in your area....and go from there\nits just simple java transfer, and mesures up and down
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I've used the online bandwidth speed checkers.  I cannot vouch for their reliability, but it does seem to work.  Check out these  source links or google "bandwidth tests"
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A typical web page can run from 50K and up..However, speaking from real world experience it doesn't take more than a few seconds with a 2MB connection..\nHere's a link that will allow you to test your current connection and even choose different download stream sizes.\nhttp://www.networktel.net/NTCportal/Visitor/Support/Visitor_Support_SpeedTest/\n\nGreg