.PJ Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Hey, I was just wondering if anyone out there knew of any ways to slow down a network. Say I have files on machine XYZ and want to copy them onto ABC, but want to do it was 10Mbps rather than 100Mbps, does anyone know of a way how to do this? There are several reasons for wanting to do this. 1) I get nagged at by everyone at work when I do a backup for maxing out the network when all they do is share their 20KB word documents... 2) it makes it seem like I'm doing work for 10 times as long :P Ok, maybe that's a couple of reasons then, but I believe they are both good and valid ones... kind of. Should note, sorry if this is in the wrong section >.< and thanks to anyone who moves it to the correct one. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 ~$mv Slow down a network /questions/ you want to enable windows QOS packet scheduler http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Aqo...lient=firefox-a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 A more simple solution would be to force the network adapter in to 10Mbps full duplex mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.PJ Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 thanks, I will look into QoS a bit more now :) thanks for pointing me in the right direction :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uber_tom Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 wire your own patch cable, works for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F8Junkie Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 wire your own patch cable, works for me I like it... And to add on: Use a wireless connection! lolz0rs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.PJ Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 we did have a wifi AP, but my boss has tardily knocked it over several times and broken 3 antennas... so its now been removed as he wanted it for home O.o *sighs* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F8Junkie Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 ROFL! "I'm going to keep breaking this so I can just take it home." Sounds like something straight out of Dilbert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Ewing Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 I guess you should try reducing the TCP Window size, to increase the number of acknowledgements. "Reducing the TCP Window size effectively causes an acknowledgment to be sent to the sender for data received sooner. This will lower the possibility that the sender will time out while waiting for an acknowledgment. However it will also increase the amount of network traffic and cause slower throughput. " http://support.microsoft.com/default...NoWebContent=1 Set the TCP Window Size for All Network Adapters http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com.../scnet135.mspx Well at least if I am completely wrong and totally off topic, someone with a slow network connection might find this useful and do the opposite. Netlimiter (http://www.netlimiter.com/) claims to do what want and is inexpensive shareware. I have not tried it so, if you do, I would appreciate a follow up on how it performed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 I was going to suggest starting a few torrents, but you don't want to just clog the tubes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jht129 Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 oooooh my favorite, get 10 computers and do the repeat ping command in dos lol. i forgot what goes after "ping -" because i havent done it in a while. don't try this because it could get u into a lot of trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargor Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 total copy? http://www.ranvik.net/totalcopy/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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