bandwidth / ethernet?

elliot · 01-15-2007, 07:04 AM

hi, The company I work for recently opened another shop, I was sent to the new shop to pull up drawings etc when needed. The server that I work thru is at the old shop. When trying to generate or pull up an existing drawing things progress painfully slow...or not at all. We use AUTOdesk Inventor. My question is: Is our present band width of 2mb (download) just not enough or is there another solution? Speed test from speakeasy show 1804 up and 610 down. thanks in advance for any advise! (broad band is being used)

**johnwill** · 01-15-2007, 02:03 PM

Well, if you are actually trying to fetch large files across the LAN, keep in mind that you're getting a real throughput of around 60kbytes/sec sending files and 180kbytes/sec receiving them. Divide that into the file size, and that's how long it'll take to access the file. If it's a 2 meg file, it's over 30 seconds.

Note that this is the speed on your end, but you're also constrained by the speed on the other end, what's their down/up speeds?

01-15-2007, 07:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
elliot Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1 OS: xp	bandwidth / ethernet? hi, The company I work for recently opened another shop, I was sent to the new shop to pull up drawings etc when needed. The server that I work thru is at the old shop. When trying to generate or pull up an existing drawing things progress painfully slow...or not at all. We use AUTOdesk Inventor. My question is: Is our present band width of 2mb (download) just not enough or is there another solution? Speed test from speakeasy show 1804 up and 610 down. thanks in advance for any advise! (broad band is being used) Last edited by elliot; 01-15-2007 at 07:07 AM. Reason: add info

01-15-2007, 02:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,802 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Well, if you are actually trying to fetch large files across the LAN, keep in mind that you're getting a real throughput of around 60kbytes/sec sending files and 180kbytes/sec receiving them. Divide that into the file size, and that's how long it'll take to access the file. If it's a 2 meg file, it's over 30 seconds. Note that this is the speed on your end, but you're also constrained by the speed on the other end, what's their down/up speeds? __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience