2 Jan
2007
2 Jan
'07
10:08 a.m.
At 12:38 PM 12/31/2006, Chuck Guzis wrote:
My DSL speed is 1.6Mbps, so I'm thinking that
there's little reason
to upgrade the setup. Am I thinking correctly or am I likely to see
an improvement in internet access speed if I upgrade?
I vote for the upgrade, just on principle. Pulling new wire
rejuvenates the spirit. I think the blood sacrifice improves
the transfer times, too. Here is some old advice on this topic,
at the bottom of the page:
http://www.ipprimer.com/ethernet.cfm
If I were to summarize Jay's advice as further justification for
an upgrade, it would be "if you don't measure, you don't know."
You've measured throughput and discovered some slow spots, but
did you also measure latency, and would improved latency make
your contemporary computers happier on the Internet?
- John