kman82:

timbosan:

SepticSceptic:

kman82: the switcher i picked up was a

http://www.shopferret.com.au/cheap-45257865-ASUS-GX1008B-8-port-10-100Mbps-Unmanaged-Layer-2-Ethernet.html

That's not a gig switch, only 10/100 - you need an extra 0, as in 10/100/1000 switch.

That's why you are not getting the thru put - 10 to 12Mbp/s is indicative of only a 100 meg network, and even at that, it is still slow. It will affect some video streaming.

In the task manager network tab, you should be getting around 40-50Mb/s, peaking @ 70-80mpbs. And that's for a 100meg network.

Don't forget that a single copy of transfer is unlikely to provide enough data to saturate a gigabit connection due to limitations in the source system (i.e the WHS), it would be best to test with either multiple copies at the same time, or a proper network testing tool.

But otherwise, 12Mbps is fine for streaming most content, including HD (from memory Freeview HD is less than that?? But Blu-ray is more like 20+ Mbps??)

So why would my 100mb network still be lagging