internet speed download

yandaoben · 06-08-2004, 09:29 AM

Hi hi,

my internet speed in the bottom right corner of e screen says 2.8mbps. Then, why when i dl stuff its liek 20kb/sec to 45kb/sec?

lol big difference.
Thanks.

b_young86 · 06-08-2004, 09:58 AM

Your connection speed is a lot different from your download speed. You will never download at 2.8 mbps beacause the computer cannot handle (at least not yet) that much data through that port. When you surf the net, you are using port 80 and 81 primarily. MSN uses a different port, AIM another, YAHOO, ETC. there are thousands and thousands of ports that a computer has connected to the internet, and some of them have specific tasks and programs that use it, while others are free. For example, Napster uses port 6969 to transfer data. Your connection speed is based on an equation of all these port speeds added togther, then brought down to like 10 or 20 percent. if you want to learn more about packets, and ports, and different things, go to www.networkactiv.com and download the programs there. you will learn a lot about internet packets.

ZhengHe · 06-19-2004, 09:31 PM

Very informative b_young86, thank you.

06-08-2004, 09:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
yandaoben Junior Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 81	internet speed download Hi hi, my internet speed in the bottom right corner of e screen says 2.8mbps. Then, why when i dl stuff its liek 20kb/sec to 45kb/sec? lol big difference. Thanks.

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06-08-2004, 09:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
b_young86 Junior Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 96	Your connection speed is a lot different from your download speed. You will never download at 2.8 mbps beacause the computer cannot handle (at least not yet) that much data through that port. When you surf the net, you are using port 80 and 81 primarily. MSN uses a different port, AIM another, YAHOO, ETC. there are thousands and thousands of ports that a computer has connected to the internet, and some of them have specific tasks and programs that use it, while others are free. For example, Napster uses port 6969 to transfer data. Your connection speed is based on an equation of all these port speeds added togther, then brought down to like 10 or 20 percent. if you want to learn more about packets, and ports, and different things, go to www.networkactiv.com and download the programs there. you will learn a lot about internet packets.

06-19-2004, 09:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
ZhengHe True Techie Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 135	Very informative b_young86, thank you.