Bandwidth

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Speeds

Bandwith Overview

Typical speeds based on connection type ...

  • USB 1.0 = 1.5Mbps
  • USB 1.1 = 12Mbps
  • DSL (telephone line) = 1 to 35Mbps
  • Cable (Coax) = 10 to 50Mbps
  • Wi-Fi (2.4Gz) = 2Mbps to 150Mbps
  • Wi-Fi (5Gz) = 3Mbps to 1Gbps
  • Cat5e (Ethernet) = 1,000Mbps
  • Cat7 (Ethernet) = 10Gbps
  • Fiber-Optic = 50 to 1Gbps
  • 4G LTE Wireless = 35Mbps
  • 5G Wireless = 200Mbps
  • USB 2.0 = 480Mbps
  • USB 3.0 = 5Gbps
  • USB 3.1 = 10Gbps
  • USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 = 20Gbps
  • USB 4 Gen 3x2 = 40Gbps

https://www.meridianoutpost.com/resources/etools/calculators/calculator-file-download-time.php

Testing Speed of Internal LAN

http://www.jamescoyle.net/tag/iperf

Testing Speed of External WAN

https://www.speedtest.net/apps/cli

http://www.jamescoyle.net/how-to/1150-test-internet-speed-from-the-command-line

Limiting Bandwidth Usage of Applications (Linux)

Tickle