Wired Network, 250mbps

[olesien]

Hello everybody!
So for not a too long time ago, I upgraded my computer with a few new parts (6600k, Asus Z170 Pro gaming, 16 gigs of DDR4 Ram, New cooler)
And now I am planning on upgrading from 100mbps internet to 250mbps.
But will it do any change actually?
Because on the motherboard specs, it says (translated from swedish):
Wired Network: 10mbps / 100mbps / 1000mbps
So does this mean that it only support these 3? Or any between like 250mbps?
I am confused
So the thing that I need to know is: Will 250mbps internet work on a 10/100/1000mbps motherboard?

Thanks

Best regards,
olesien

[Electronics Wizardy]

I though it answered this...

 

 

you can transfer at 250mb/s but the link speed is only 10/100/1000.

 

There is no 250mbps ethernet standard.

 

You don't have to use the full link

[Alexcalibur]

I don't know why you would ever need anything over something like 80mbps unless you are trying to download p0rn like 24/7 dude

[olesien]

1 minute ago, IskanderEXC said:

I don't know why you would ever need anything over something like 80mbps unless you are trying to download p0rn like 24/7 dude

It's pretty useful when you have many computers in the family (like dad doing music etc), but will it improve my ping?

 

[olesien]

Also we got it for only 3 dollars more a month

[olesien]

Also we got it for only 3 dollars more a month

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, IskanderEXC said:

I don't know why you would ever need anything over something like 80mbps unless you are trying to download p0rn like 24/7 dude

for LAN file transferrs?

 

Booting of the network?

 

Cloud backups?

 

Multiple users?

 

 

[Alexcalibur]

Just now, olesien said:

It's pretty useful when you have many computers in the family (like dad doing music etc), but will it improve my ping?

 

Not noticably I don't think so, I went from 10mbps to 60mbps and I didn't see any difference but your milage may vary

[olesien]

Okay, well since we got it for so cheap it does not really matter, anyways: Will my ping improve or will there be no difference?

[Alexcalibur]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

for LAN file transferrs?

 

Booting of the network?

 

Cloud backups?

 

Multiple users?

 

 

I personally live in a fairly tech savy household, and we do all of these tasks on a daily basis. I have no problem with my 60Mbps. Also for LAN file transfers that isn't dependent on your ISPs speed that is on you lol. 

[olesien]

yeye okay, but the ping?

[Lurick]

Your ping won't change much if any unless you went with a super high end low latency device, and we're talking $30,000+ for one of those.

[olesien]

lol okay thanks a lot guys

[Quindor]

More bandwidth won't influence ping/latency directly, but it will indirectly.

 

What I mean with that is that it doesn't matter if you have 10, 100 or even 1000Mbit internet, your latency is determined by other factors. The way it is of influence though is how much you can do with your line at the same time. Starting a download or even someone surfing on their phone will create latency spikes on the 10Mbit connection which it probably wouldn't on the 100Mbit and certainly won't on the 1000Mbit connection.

 

So if you wish to be able to download and game, or for instance stream (upload) at the same time as gaming, etc. more bandwidth can be beneficial in keeping your ping low, it just won't get any lower then it was before with nothing is using the line.

 

Something I can also definitely advise is getting your own router (preferably a Mikrotik or Ubiquiti, above consumer level) to smooth out latency spikes. In my experience consumer routers (Asus, Netgear, etc.) are already a lot better at managing connections then the boxes you get from a provider (Be sure to set those in "bridge" mode to prevent double NAT!).

If you want to step up above that it's something from Mikrotik or Ubiquiti. I saw the biggest improvement in ping using one of their routers. No matter what I or someone in the house was doing, my ping was always flat and fast. Only when the bandwidth filled up would it rise. Before, even with a good consumer router if someone opened a torrent which created 400 connections quickly, the router would choke on it and temporarily the ping would start fluctuating, influencing the online experience greatly!

 

[olesien]

27 minutes ago, Quindor said:

More bandwidth won't influence ping/latency directly, but it will indirectly.

 

What I mean with that is that it doesn't matter if you have 10, 100 or even 1000Mbit internet, your latency is determined by other factors. The way it is of influence though is how much you can do with your line at the same time. Starting a download or even someone surfing on their phone will create latency spikes on the 10Mbit connection which it probably wouldn't on the 100Mbit and certainly won't on the 1000Mbit connection.

 

So if you wish to be able to download and game, or for instance stream (upload) at the same time as gaming, etc. more bandwidth can be beneficial in keeping your ping low, it just won't get any lower then it was before with nothing is using the line.

 

Something I can also definitely advise is getting your own router (preferably a Mikrotik or Ubiquiti, above consumer level) to smooth out latency spikes. In my experience consumer routers (Asus, Netgear, etc.) are already a lot better at managing connections then the boxes you get from a provider (Be sure to set those in "bridge" mode to prevent double NAT!).

If you want to step up above that it's something from Mikrotik or Ubiquiti. I saw the biggest improvement in ping using one of their routers. No matter what I or someone in the house was doing, my ping was always flat and fast. Only when the bandwidth filled up would it rise. Before, even with a good consumer router if someone opened a torrent which created 400 connections quickly, the router would choke on it and temporarily the ping would start fluctuating, influencing the online experience greatly!

 

Thanks for the detailed explanation.
But will the Free Bandwidth testing services even see that I have 250mbps?

[Quindor]

6 minutes ago, olesien said:

Thanks for the detailed explanation.
But will the Free Bandwidth testing services even see that I have 250mbps?

Sure it will! I've tested Gigabit a few times without issue (sometimes you need to select a different server or test a few times if the server only has a Gigabit itself and someone else was testing at the same time from that server).

 

I have 300/30 myself but have 3Mbit of camera streams coming in at all times.

 

 

[Linx105]

The 10,100,1000 is referring to the port rate that the Ethernet port on your motherboard can support.

 

E10 - Speeds up to 10mbps

E100 - Speeds up to 100mbps

E1000- Speeds up to 1000mbps

 

Generally your PC is set for Auto negotiate so it will negotiate this port rate with the device it is directly connected to. These port rates usually wont affect your internet service speed as long as everything is set up correctly. For instance if you have a 1 Gig service from your ISP but you are hard coded or negotiating for E100 on both connecting ports you will only see 100mpbs of traffic, since your port is set to only pass up to 100M (E100). However if you are buying a 10mbp service and are hard coded or negotiating to E1000 you will see 10mbps. So these settings will only affect internet speeds if you or your hardware bottlenecks itself by manually or automatically changing the port speed to a lower rate than your ISP is providing you.

 

As for ping there is so many factors that can influence it that are out of our hands, but from my experience port rate was never been an issue.

 

Hope this helps a little. I think everything mentioned in previous posts covers the topic very well, just wanted to give my input.

 

Thanks,

Linx