I've just upgraded to 802.11g 108mbps router/cards (I know - about time). While I notice it is much faster over the LAN, I'm curious about something. When I look at network in task manager, it's only around 8%. How do I get it faster? I'd love 25% or higher when moving files across my network. It was the same with the old router. Oh, I have 108mbps card on sending machine and 54mbps card on receiving. So I don't expect more than 50% utilization. BTW - I'm only talking about room to room wireless lan to move files from one machine to another. I'm not talking about internet connection as I know that's slower than the router is capable of. Cheers to anyone who can clear this up. weedcup D-Link DI-624 Wireless Router D-Link DWL-G650 Wireless Cardbus Adapter TrendNet 54mbps card Dell Inspiron 8000 P3 800mhz Dell Dimension P4 1.2mhz (pls don't make fun of my machines-I'm cheap)
Hi, The Networking tab provides an indication of the network traffic for the connections on the local computer. It is useful as a quick reference for determining the amount of NETWORK BANDWIDTH being consumed. Unless you have multiple machines on the network transfering files to each other, you will almost never hit 50% unless spiking. The performance of your machines will also be a factor: The older the machine(P3)the slower Bus Speeds/Memory/Harddrive. Hope This Helps... Dont wory about the % of bandwidth, if you are happy with the actual speeds of the connections.........All is Well
