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Post your performance results
I thought it might be interesting to see what kind of performance everyone is getting with IO Meter so that we can compare what we're getting. So I thought we could all post our results in this thread...
I wasn't aware that this was a competition. (?)
These results are slower than what I was getting at my previous residence where I was able to run lots of dedicated Belden Cat6 lines everywhere before the sheet rock went up. Those cables were run optimally; no kinks, tension or tight corners and they were kept away from line voltage wiring and other potential interference. All terminations were also Cat6. In my new residence my PC now shares a single ~60 foot Home Depot quality Cat5e with my laptop, a printer, an IP Camera and a Slimdevices music streamer. These are all plugged into an inexpensive D-Link switch. An electrician without any apparent network training installed the Cat5e wire, and based upon his horrible terminations (all of which I had to re-terminate) I assume these cables were not run with much attention to detail. Here is an example of his work:
One other issue with this single cable is that it and two other network cables accidentally got cut while work was being done in the utility room. Since it was impossible to replace the cable runs in the finished house I fixed them using Cat5e junction boxes. Not an optimal solution by any means. This single cable then connects to my HP switch which is also connected to my Pro. So yes, I have some nice gear but I am obviously running the speed test over marginal cabling.
I also cannot enable jumbo frames. For some reason my old Linksys AP stops working if I enable JF on the rest of the network. I plan to replace it soon with a new HP V-M200 AP, just waiting for some reviews to get posted first. I even tried flashing my old AP with Tomato and DD-WRT with the same results.
If you have any suggestions as to how I can improve my results on this setup I am open to suggestions. Yes I would love to run new cables, simply not an option unfortunately.
These results are slower than what I was getting at my previous residence where I was able to run lots of dedicated Belden Cat6 lines everywhere before the sheet rock went up. Those cables were run optimally; no kinks, tension or tight corners and they were kept away from line voltage wiring and other potential interference. All terminations were also Cat6. In my new residence my PC now shares a single ~60 foot Home Depot quality Cat5e with my laptop, a printer, an IP Camera and a Slimdevices music streamer. These are all plugged into an inexpensive D-Link switch. An electrician without any apparent network training installed the Cat5e wire, and based upon his horrible terminations (all of which I had to re-terminate) I assume these cables were not run with much attention to detail. Here is an example of his work:
One other issue with this single cable is that it and two other network cables accidentally got cut while work was being done in the utility room. Since it was impossible to replace the cable runs in the finished house I fixed them using Cat5e junction boxes. Not an optimal solution by any means. This single cable then connects to my HP switch which is also connected to my Pro. So yes, I have some nice gear but I am obviously running the speed test over marginal cabling.
I also cannot enable jumbo frames. For some reason my old Linksys AP stops working if I enable JF on the rest of the network. I plan to replace it soon with a new HP V-M200 AP, just waiting for some reviews to get posted first. I even tried flashing my old AP with Tomato and DD-WRT with the same results.
If you have any suggestions as to how I can improve my results on this setup I am open to suggestions. Yes I would love to run new cables, simply not an option unfortunately.
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