Transfer between Windows 10 computers over home network extremely slow

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tijag: Aug 6, 2002

Problem description: I have two computers on a network, both running Windows 10.

I'd like to transfer a bunch of media from the older computer to the newer one which has a larger media storage drive. When I did this the transfer rate was abysmal, something like 3 MB a second. I am trying to transfer like 1.5TB of data and this transfer speed makes no sense.

Both of the computers can d/l data at 7MB a second [which is the limit of my bandwidth] without any problem at all. Why is transfer BETWEEN the computers so much slower?

Do I have something setup wrong? Or is this performance to be expected.

Attempted fixes: Rebooted router and computers. Nothing really. Don't know what to do.

Recent changes: This is not relevant to the issue.
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Operating system: Windows 10, 64bit

System specs: One computer is an i5-3570k computer running windows 10. That computer has a Samsung 850 SSD for boot drive and a WD Blue drive as the data drive. This is the computer that currently has the data, the one I am trying to transfer FROM.

The other computer is an i7-6700k running windows 10. That computer has a Sandisk X400 SSD for boot drive and a WD Black drive as the data drive. This is the 'receiving' computer of the data.

The router is a Nighthawk and the i5-3570k computer is connected via ethernet and the i7-6700k computer is connected via wifi [Asus Hero Alpha wifi built in to the motherboard].

Location: USA

I have Googled and read the FAQ: Yes

Thank you guys!

tijag fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Jul 14, 2016

# ? Jul 14, 2016 00:12

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# ? Apr 28, 2024 06:52

Alereon: Feb 6, 2004; Dehumanize yourself and face to Trumpshed; College Slice

If you have any non-Microsoft antivirus/firewall/security suite software installed on either machine, uninstall it completely and try again. If that doesn't fix it, make sure you install the latest network adapter drivers.

# ? Jul 14, 2016 01:37

tijag: Aug 6, 2002

Alereon posted:

If you have any non-Microsoft antivirus/firewall/security suite software installed on either machine, uninstall it completely and try again. If that doesn't fix it, make sure you install the latest network adapter drivers.

I'm not running any anti virus. I asked windows to update the network drivers from device manager. Windows says they are up to date.

# ? Jul 14, 2016 02:13

tijag: Aug 6, 2002

Any other thoughts? Shouldn't I be expecting 50MB/s+ transfer rates across my own home network, not 3.5-5.0MB/s?

# ? Jul 14, 2016 21:21

Zogo: Jul 29, 2003

tijag posted:

Any other thoughts? Shouldn't I be expecting 50MB/s+ transfer rates across my own home network, not 3.5-5.0MB/s?

What is the exact router and exact WiFi?

These are basically the maximum (not realistic) WiFi speeds to expect:

code:

Standard 		Rate 	
Classic WaveLAN 	250 kB/s 	
IEEE 802.11 		250 kB/s 	
RONJA (full duplex) 	1.25 MB/s 	
IEEE 802.11a 		6.75 MB/s 	
IEEE 802.11b 		1.375 MB/s 	
IEEE 802.11g 		6.75 MB/s 	
IEEE 802.16  		8.75 MB/s 	
IEEE 802.11n 		75 MB/s 	
IEEE 802.11ac 	 	850�866.25 MB/s
IEEE 802.11ad  		892.5�900 MB/s

# ? Jul 14, 2016 23:04

MF_James: May 8, 2008; I CANNOT HANDLE BEING CALLED OUT ON MY DUMBASS OPINIONS ABOUT ANTI-VIRUS AND SECURITY. I REALLY LIKE TO THINK THAT I KNOW THINGS HERE

INSTEAD I AM GOING TO WHINE ABOUT IT IN OTHER THREADS SO MY OPINION CAN FEEL VALIDATED IN AN ECHO CHAMBER I LIKE

Also, if you're transferring 1000x 100KB files it will take longer than transferring 1x 100MB.

# ? Jul 14, 2016 23:29

tijag: Aug 6, 2002

Zogo posted:

What is the exact router and exact WiFi?

These are basically the maximum (not realistic) WiFi speeds to expect:

code:

Standard 		Rate 	
Classic WaveLAN 	250 kB/s 	
IEEE 802.11 		250 kB/s 	
RONJA (full duplex) 	1.25 MB/s 	
IEEE 802.11a 		6.75 MB/s 	
IEEE 802.11b 		1.375 MB/s 	
IEEE 802.11g 		6.75 MB/s 	
IEEE 802.16  		8.75 MB/s 	
IEEE 802.11n 		75 MB/s 	
IEEE 802.11ac 	 	850�866.25 MB/s
IEEE 802.11ad  		892.5�900 MB/s

It is AC Wireless per the information on the wireless adapter on my computer.

It is built into this motherboard : https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/ROG-MAXIMUS-VIII-HERO-ALPHA/

The router is : https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Nighthawk-AC1900-Gigabit-Router/dp/B00F0DD0I6

Are you saything that the theoretical maximum of the AC wifi is around 850MB/s? Please god let me fix this so I can transfer files quickly. [at least at the maximum speed of the HDD sending the media].

MF_James posted:

Also, if you're transferring 1000x 100KB files it will take longer than transferring 1x 100MB.

I'm transferring large files several hundred MB each.

# ? Jul 15, 2016 00:01

Fruit Smoothies: Mar 28, 2004; The bat with a ZING

Probably easier to attach the old drive to the new PC with a SATA connection

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Zogo: Jul 29, 2003

tijag posted:

The router is : https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Nighthawk-AC1900-Gigabit-Router/dp/B00F0DD0I6

Are you saything that the theoretical maximum of the AC wifi is around 850MB/s? Please god let me fix this so I can transfer files quickly. [at least at the maximum speed of the HDD sending the media].

850MB/s is the theoretical max speed for the standard under ideal conditions with hardware that you're not using. Your router has a max of ~1300Mbps or ~162.5 MB/s (it won't be this fast though).

Make sure your router is on the latest firmware and that it's set to 5GHz, 1300 Mbps mode.

https://www.netgear.com/support/product/R7000#Firmware%20Version%201.0.5.70

Zogo fucked around with this message at 05:38 on Jul 15, 2016

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