I am a newbie to this forum.I got a basic doubt on networking.Does the 100 mbps link we use is only for the internet or is it also for the local data transfers within the network? To be simple,if i am copying a file from the server to the client,the speed of this data transfer is affected by the 100 mbps link speed?
or what are the parameters that get is affected by the 100 mbps link?
Please clarify.
Thanks for your reply.So it is like the MPLS link is purely consumed by the Internet? the local data transfers does not consume or require any bandwidth? what is the minimum bandwidth required if i were to transfer data only locally?
MPLS is not internet. I would best describe it as Frame Relay on steroids. You have multiple site to site connections via one local connection. There maybe a connection to the internet that all mpls connected sites can access the internet.
Local traffic is defined as what is on the lan
Internet traffic is defined as what goes to the internet
With mpls you have one large lan.
Make sense? Does this help with your understanding of how a single sites mpls connection is used concerning bandwidth?
Thanks for your reply.now i understand that that MPLS and internet are two different lines.we have an MPLS line between our india office and the UK office.so does all the local transfers in the india office happen in MPLS line? i believe they are.am i right? does the local data transfers in any way take away this bandwidth?
Everywhere that I've worked, local mean onsite. So if your "local" transfers are all at the India location, then neither MPLS nor the internet are used. If the data is moved from India to UK (or vice versa), then yes, the MPLS circuit is used.
Hi Jim,
Thanks for your interest.yes i mean India i.e within our local office ...so if i understood correctly the local transfers are not linked with MPLS.thanks.And so it is only about the machine configuration that determines the speed.pl correct me if i am wrong.
That is correct. Transfer speed would be a product of the network speed (ie: NIC in each device and the network devices connecting them together) and the device itself.
Hi Jim,
Thanks for your reply again.Further to this question the network speed for the local transfers between client to client or server to client,do they have a separate speed for the local network or it takes from the MPLS line itself?
Basically i just want to understand the parameters that control the transfer of data between local serevr to client and local client to client in the local network.
MPLS (which is your connection type between locations) has nothing to do with the speed of your LAN (internal network). And depending on the size/speed of your MPLS circuit, also may not even affect the speed of transfers between sites.
Your LAN speed is determined by your hardware and how it's configured.
1) NIC (Network Interface Card) speed and duplex settings: 10 full/half 100 full/half 1gig full/half
2) switch ports (ports to which the devices being used are connected) speed and duplex settings
3) the list continues on depending on how your network is configured and what hardware is used
The devices themselves also have an impact. The hardware has to be able to read/write the data as fast as the network connection, or it will limit the performance.
Thanks for your responses.Now in continuation to this link,i would like to understand how does the bandwidth of 100 mbps gets distributed for many users in the network.
Thanks for your reply.Could you please tell me how it is shared? does it have any specific pattern for allocation or it is FCFS ( first come first serve basis )?
If you want specifics, time to start reading about networking. Specifically TCP/IP.
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