Speeding up my network.

BluD · 9 Apr 2016 at 19:10

Hello, im a complete novice with networks so treat me like your explaining it to your mum

I was just wondering if my network is running at a normal speed between my two PCs(one is my laptop), theyre both connected via ethernet to my BT home hub. I get a maximum of 11MB/s transfering files, i only really transfer games/music from my main PC to my laptop for when im working away from home or if im gonna be taking my PC to bits which im about to do atm.

I have fibre so i might aswell just download the games again onto my laptop as it would probably work out quicker unless i can get this network speed a little faster.

Theyre both using standard onboard networks cards and ethernet cables so i guess one of them is the limiting factor.

BluD · 9 Apr 2016 at 19:37

Yeah 100mbps on both computers. I guess thats why its pretty slow, is that standard speed for an onboard network card?

BluD · 9 Apr 2016 at 20:07

Would i be able to just put the ethernet cable between the 2 computers maybe and speed it up that way? Ill give that a go and see what happens

BluD · 9 Apr 2016 at 20:44

how would i go about doing that plz? I know very little about networks, i have always just plugged in my ethernet cable and let windows do the rest.

Ive got them both connected and the internet is been shared through them at 1gbit now, but i cant get either of the computers to see either of the shares or even join a homegroup. I started a homegroup on one of them, and the other one sees it and asks for the password but then just doesnt connect and after a while says it cant see the homegroup anymore.

Im guessing its down to these IP adresses you mention that need changing.

BluD · 10 Apr 2016 at 00:55

Yeah mine is the old one, both the cards are saying 1 gbit when I d/c them from the hub so I guess Im ok to just get a cheap switch or I might give bt a ring tomorrow and see if I can blag a new hub.

Cheers for the help guys.

BluD · 10 Apr 2016 at 16:24

BluD · 14 Apr 2016 at 17:09

bt are gonna send me out one of their new hubs for 6.75 saves me buying a switch, hopefully i'll get a little better wifi reception too. I plugged my network cable into that gbps port instead of the 100mb one and my download speed went from 9MB/s to 9.5, i thought its worth changing it since i get higher download speeds on my laptop when i get a better reception on the wifi.