File transfer at lightning speed?

[MadOverclocker]

Hi all! I am very curious because of the following thing: Speed. What speed? File transfer speed through lan. Here, my mom has a 1TB laptop, and I have LOTS AND LOTS of personal stuff such as games, emulation stuff and personal files. My stuff is around 500GB. When I got my random LAN cable and used it I saw that the cable had a speed of 1MBps to 10MBps. Back then I thought every cable was the same, then I learned LAN category. I instantly knew that my cable was CAT3 (Not e). Im looking forward on getting Cat5,6 or 7. I want to know what speed theoratically Cat 5,6 and 7 would give. My desktop has a 160GB 7.2K drive and the laptop a 1TB (5400 K probably) drive. I am going to upgrade that 160GB to a 1TB or 2TB drive so I get better everything. Data is appreciated.

[themctipers]

Cat5/5e does 1Gbit

Cat6 does 10gbit for 20 feet or something, cat63 does 10gbit for 30-40 feet or something.

[MadOverclocker]

2 minutes ago, themctipers said:

Cat5/5e does 1Gbit

Cat6 does 10gbit for 20 feet or something, cat63 does 10gbit for 30-40 feet or something.

So that means that files will transfer at least at 100MBps? (With Cat5e?)

[themctipers]

Just now, MadOverclocker said:

So that means that files will transfer at least at 100MBps? (With Cat5e?)

As fast as your drive can access the files. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

5 minutes ago, themctipers said:

Cat5/5e does 1Gbit

Cat6 does 10gbit for 20 feet or something, cat63 does 10gbit for 30-40 feet or something.

To clarify on this:

Cat5 can do Gigabit, but it's not certain and is officially rated for 100Mbps but not Gigabit. Cable quality, length, interference and such impacts the bandwidth it can handle. 

 

Cat5e will do Gigabit up to 100m (and 10/100Mbps up to 100m). Cat6 will do 10Gbps up to 55 meters and Cat6a will do 10Gbps for the full 100 meters max of most ethernet standards. I assume you mean Cat6e rather than Cat63, but there is no Cat6e standard, only Cat6 and 6a. 

[themctipers]

Just now, Oshino Shinobu said:

To clarify on this:

Cat5 can do Gigabit, but it's not certain and is officially rated for 100Mbps but not Gigabit. Cable quality, length, interference and such impacts the bandwidth it can handle. 

 

Cat5e will do Gigabit up to 100m (and 10/100Mbps up to 100m). Cat6 will do 10Gbps up to 55 meters and Cat6a will do 10Gbps for the full 100 meters max of most ethernet standards. I assume you mean Cat6e rather than Cat63, but there is no Cat6e standard, only Cat6 and 6a. 

And I wonder why does my PC connect at only 10/100 (I'm using cat5), while another computer on the same network but much closer to the router gets 10/100/1000..

[Oshino Shinobu]

Just now, themctipers said:

And I wonder why does my PC connect at only 10/100 (I'm using cat5), while another computer on the same network but much closer to the router gets 10/100/1000..

A dodgy cable or connector can result in a lower bandwidth link, even with a higher category cable. I have one link in my network that needs to be re-wired to achieve gigabit but luckily right now none of the devices connected to that link actually run at gigabit anyway. All the cabling and terminals are cat6 but there's a bad connection somewhere that limits it to 100Mbps. 

 

I'd suggest just buying a Cat6 patch cable and be done with it. They're not really any more expensive than Cat5e and tend to be a bit more durable due to the plastic cross section. 

[MadOverclocker]

9 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

If you want faster speeds, pull the drive from your moms laptop and plug it into your PC. Then do the file transferring from there. 

I even get out one screw and she never will never allow me to even see the laptop. Don't you think I would alredy have done this? I did this with my old laptop. Am not trying to be a D*ck, if I said this in a hating manner sorry.

[themctipers]

1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

A dodgy cable or connector can result in a lower bandwidth link, even with a higher category cable. I have one link in my network that needs to be re-wired to achieve gigabit but luckily right now none of the devices connected to that link actually run at gigabit anyway. All the cabling and terminals are cat6 but there's a bad connection somewhere that limits it to 100Mbps. 

 

I'd suggest just buying a Cat6 patch cable and be done with it. They're not really any more expensive than Cat5e and tend to be a bit more durable due to the plastic cross section. 

It doesn't really matter to me, 100mbit is good enough for my computer; no network transfers, no dropped packets. I had to rewire my cable to get it from 10mbit to 100mbit, and I'm running out of ethernet connectors. Everything is cat5, but the area around the router/switches are cat5e. 

[themctipers]

1 minute ago, CUDA_Cores said:

 

Does the laptop have USB 3 ports? If so buy a USB 3 3.5" HDD enclosure and pull your drive and plug it into her laptop instead.

You can even do USB 2 with 'decent' speeds, my laptop has USB 2 only and I get 15-25MB/s read, but that's going from HDD to SSD transfers. 

[MadOverclocker]

1 minute ago, CUDA_Cores said:

 

Does the laptop have USB 3 ports? If so buy a USB 3 3.5" HDD enclosure and pull your drive and plug it into her laptop instead.

Thing is, my drive is 3"5, not 2"5. I have a Sata to USB 3 adaptor scavanged from an external drive but it dosent work. Pretty sure LAN is better than a external drive AND cheaper