Server transfer speed 2 mb/s

[Alister357]

Any one know is it possible to plug a server directly in to a pc  ( for large file transfer)

 

as I can’t plug it in to my router. It’s to far a way  ( currently it’s plugged in to a WiFi extender (suppose to be a 300mb/s )

 

the server is primarily for a pc in the same room 

I will give you the server spec when I get home 

 

unraid 

i7  2000mhz

8 gb ram Ballistix tactical 

kingston 120 gb ssd

1 tb wd greed hdd

msi graphics  card

net work card unknown
 

 

 

Edited September 2, 2020 by Alister357

[RageTester]

What is the server, does it have Ethernet or USB ports?

[Sir Asvald]

Let met use my crystal ball to see what hardware you have..

 

Could you please update your post so we know what is going on?

[mariushm]

If both computers have gigabit network cards,  get any ethernet cable and make a connection directly between computers.  The network cards should auto detect the pairs of wires in the cable and make the connection.

Set the IP address manually on both computers, use one of the private IP classes ... like 192.168.0.x  or 10.0.0.x  or 176.16.0.x    and same subnet mask.

For example, set 1st pc to 192.168.0.1  and 255.255.255.0  subnet mask  and the 2nd pc  set to 192.168.0.2  and 255.255.255.0 subnet mask 

 

 

You could also get a basic 5 port gigabit switch (around 10-15$) and use 2 ethernet cables from each pc to the switch... but just connecting an ethernet cable between computers should work.  Same deal applies, set IP and subnet mask manually on each pc, as the switch doesn't assign IP addresses.

 

Now you can use shares in Windows to see the files from a computer, or you can set up a free ftp server on one of the computers in a few minutes (filezilla ftp server is free and takes literally 2-3 minutes to install and configure, you just create a user and then add the folder that user "shares") and you can use a ftp client (filezilla ftp client is free and good) on the other computer to connect. 

ftp has benefit of resume, and transferring multiple files in parallel so you can saturate the 1gbps connection between pcs with transfers, if the drives can keep up.

 

[SupaKomputa]

Most storage servers (NAS) have ethernet port.

Stick it with to a switch and you can transfer up to the speed the chipsets allow.

2MB/s (16mbps) this is limited by the transfer speed of the WIFI.

You should get the server and the client as close as possible to the wifi router.

[Windows7ge]

Yes you can make direct P2P connections. IP addresses typically Class B will be automatically negotiated and assigned to the Interfaces but if they're not you can assign them manually. From there you can connect to the server via IP.

[Alister357]

8 hours ago, mariushm said:

If both computers have gigabit network cards,  get any ethernet cable and make a connection directly between computers.  The network cards should auto detect the pairs of wires in the cable and make the connection.

Set the IP address manually on both computers, use one of the private IP classes ... like 192.168.0.x  or 10.0.0.x  or 176.16.0.x    and same subnet mask.

For example, set 1st pc to 192.168.0.1  and 255.255.255.0  subnet mask  and the 2nd pc  set to 192.168.0.2  and 255.255.255.0 subnet mask 

 

 

You could also get a basic 5 port gigabit switch (around 10-15$) and use 2 ethernet cables from each pc to the switch... but just connecting an ethernet cable between computers should work.  Same deal applies, set IP and subnet mask manually on each pc, as the switch doesn't assign IP addresses.

 

Now you can use shares in Windows to see the files from a computer, or you can set up a free ftp server on one of the computers in a few minutes (filezilla ftp server is free and takes literally 2-3 minutes to install and configure, you just create a user and then add the folder that user "shares") and you can use a ftp client (filezilla ftp client is free and good) on the other computer to connect. 

ftp has benefit of resume, and transferring multiple files in parallel so you can saturate the 1gbps connection between pcs with transfers, if the drives can keep up.

 

How would I do that 

 

I’m not good with IP address 

[mariushm]

Go in control panel , to the network properties or whatever it's called ... click on your connection, then properties , find tcp/ip v4  in list , properties ... check enter manually and enter those manually

 

Don't know the exact way because I'm on Windows 7 here.

 

Here's how it looks in Windows  7 .. mine is wireless card so it will look a bit different :

 

 

 

 

 

when done, you go back and put back on "obtain automatically"

[Alister357]

2 hours ago, mariushm said:

Go in control panel , to the network properties or whatever it's called ... click on your connection, then properties , find tcp/ip v4  in list , properties ... check enter manually and enter those manually

 

Don't know the exact way because I'm on Windows 7 here.

 

Here's how it looks in Windows  7 .. mine is wireless card so it will look a bit different :

 

 

 

 

 

when done, you go back and put back on "obtain automatically"

Could not get that to work 

 

Right if I plug my pc in the the switch ( same switch server is on) I get a 1 gb connection but lost connection to server 

WiFi is 14 meg 

 

I am not good with networks 

if I was to get another router to connect server and pc  would it need a internet connection  To work between the to