remote desktop question

[earlyre]

I have 3 win 11 pc's at home, one running "headless" (no Monitor, keyboard,etc) as my Plex Media Server...
I connect to it using windows remote Desktop. ( used Tight VNC for a while, same issue)
when uploading files to the server, the transfers seem to top out around 11mbps, which just happens to be my upload speed ( 100down/11up )
both systems are on the same Local network... is it actually sending things out to some where, then back down?
IE: is the connection and transfers actually going out on to the Internet, and not just over the local Network?

 

[ripcord]

You can always test by unplugging your modem from your router temporarily and seeing if transfers stop working.

I suspect that the bottleneck could be that the transfers might be using using the webdav protocol which is inherently slow and inefficient. I have no experience with Plex hosted on Windows, though, so don't take that as gospel.

 

[wwillson]

Do you have a mapped local drive or are you transferring to OneDrive?

 

[earlyre]

Do you have a mapped local drive or are you transferring to OneDrive?

don't use OneDrive, and huh? what? i'm moving video files from one pc to another on the same LAN

 

[wwillson]

don't use OneDrive, and huh? what? i'm moving video files from one pc to another on the same LAN

It's a possibility, hence why I asked.

Are you using CIFS?

 

[earlyre]

It's a possibility, hence why I asked.

Are you using CIFS?

no idea what that is..

 

[wwillson]

no idea what that is..

It's the protocol Microsoft uses to move files between Windows machines with mapped drives.

 

[DemoFly]

Are you transferring files in explorer or are you using clipboard paste in RDP?

 

[ripcord]

Wait, are you transferring files by copy-pasting into a remote desktop connection/session? If so, transfers will always be slow.

 

[earlyre]

yes.... how else would i be doing it....

 

[wwillson]

yes.... how else would i be doing it....

By mapping a drive. The problem is absolutely the transfer over the RDP tunnel.

 

[ripcord]

Map a network drive using File Explorer. I'll try to find a how to for you.

 

[ripcord]

How to Map a Network Drive

itac.txst.edu

 

[DemoFly]

Copy and paste in RDP is over the internet, not via LAN. There are remote desktop clients that are localhosted but not as user friendly or convenient.

Mapping a network drive is ideal because you can have access to that folder on any PC on your LAN and download your media directly to it from any computer. You can also use your 'headless server' as network attached storage for general file backups or file sharing.

Also, don't feel bad for copy and pasting over RDP. It's super convenient for small files and I do it all the time. But it is very slow.

 

[wwillson]

Copy and paste in RDP is over the internet, not via LAN.

Not in his case, as the PCs are on the same LAN. Tunneling file copy over RDP is what's slow.

 

[earlyre]

not so quick chaps...
did the drive map thing...hitting the same "speed limit" transfers topping out around 11mbps..

 

[dogememe]

not so quick chaps...
did the drive map thing...hitting the same "speed limit" transfers topping out around 11mbps..

11mbps or 11MB/s? There's a bit difference there. Edit: because 11MB/s is 88Mbps which is realistic if we assume you're on a 100Mbps ethernet connection. Which would be weird because you should be on Gigabit, but there are some recent lower-end computers, especially cheap laptops, that only have 100Mbps ethernet. Or, you could have a defective ethernet cable somewhere.

 

[wwillson]

not so quick chaps...
did the drive map thing...hitting the same "speed limit" transfers topping out around 11mbps..

Did you disconnect the RDP session?

 

[earlyre]

Did you disconnect the RDP session?

but of course

11mbps or 11MB/s? There's a bit difference there. Edit: because 11MB/s is 88Mbps which is realistic if we assume you're on a 100Mbps ethernet connection. Which would be weird because you should be on Gigabit, but there are some recent lower-end computers, especially cheap laptops, that only have 100Mbps ethernet. Or, you could have a defective ethernet cable somewhere.

11MB/s.
every thing is GB rated, all cables are Cat 5e, or Cat 6.
edit:
By jove! I think you lads may be on to something!
My Main Desktop:

Plex Server:

 

[dogememe]

Even RDP file transfer should be faster than 11Mbps... I just tested it and on my systems it was about 150Mbps... while copying over a shared folder on the network got me full line rate/gigabit.

What router do you have? Are all these computers wired? All plugged directly into the router or are you using any switches? Can you confirm the connection speed of each one?