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Do you also complain that your SSD is slow when you connect it over USB 1.1?

by Nullabillity 9y ago

BenjiWiebe 9y ago
You know, just maybe they weren't using 802.11b...
benchaney 9y ago
If my SSD was unable to saturate a USB 1.1 connection, I would absolutely complain.
kuschku 9y ago
When I'm using my SSD over USB 1.1, and the SSD is the bottleneck, then yes, I'd complain. Just like how I'm right now using a spinning HDD over public internet via networked storage, and the bottleneck is... the storage driver peaking all CPUs at max. (spoiler: it's portworx). And obviously I am complaining, too.
kalleboo 9y ago
Not everyone's WiFi is that bad. I get iperf3 results of around 900 Mbit/s over my 802.11ac WiFi. When my internet connection drops to 100 Mbit/s, the WiFi isn't the bottleneck.
gnicholas 9y ago
Not sure how you think this is at all analogous. My internet connection is 12 Mb/s, which could be handled by any recent wifi protocol. Maybe get the facts first next time before jumping to unwarranted conclusions.
- Nullabillity 9y ago
  It's not just about what protocol you use, physical factors also come into play. If you're in an apartment, how noisy are your neighbors? If you're in a villa, how far away are you, and how many walls are there in between? Yes, Wi-Fi can have pretty decent bandwidth in the optimal case, but there are far too many uncontrollable variables for it to be possible to guarantee anything with it. It also makes perfect sense to want to exclude it as a variable before making a more thorough investigation. If you bought a computer without Ethernet then that's on you, not your ISP. Fashion is not an excuse.
  - gnicholas 9y ago
    Did you miss the part where I said it can move files internally perfectly fine? There is nothing wrong with the wifi, and it's bizarre to see someone on HN make such unjustified assumptions. Does it make sense to "exclude it as a variable before making a more thorough investigation"? Yes. But if Comcast sends out techs who do not have ethernet-equipped hardware (as I pointed out in my original post), then it's silly of them to expect customers to all have ethernet-equipped hardware. > Fashion is not an excuse Oversimplification is not an excuse either.

Do you also complain that your SSD is slow when you connect it over USB 1.1?

BenjiWiebe 9y ago

You know, just maybe they weren't using 802.11b...

benchaney 9y ago

If my SSD was unable to saturate a USB 1.1 connection, I would absolutely complain.

kuschku 9y ago

When I'm using my SSD over USB 1.1, and the SSD is the bottleneck, then yes, I'd complain. Just like how I'm right now using a spinning HDD over public internet via networked storage, and the bottleneck is... the storage driver peaking all CPUs at max. (spoiler: it's portworx). And obviously I am complaining, too.

kalleboo 9y ago

Not everyone's WiFi is that bad. I get iperf3 results of around 900 Mbit/s over my 802.11ac WiFi. When my internet connection drops to 100 Mbit/s, the WiFi isn't the bottleneck.

gnicholas 9y ago

Not sure how you think this is at all analogous. My internet connection is 12 Mb/s, which could be handled by any recent wifi protocol. Maybe get the facts first next time before jumping to unwarranted conclusions.

Nullabillity 9y ago
It's not just about what protocol you use, physical factors also come into play. If you're in an apartment, how noisy are your neighbors? If you're in a villa, how far away are you, and how many walls are there in between? Yes, Wi-Fi can have pretty decent bandwidth in the optimal case, but there are far too many uncontrollable variables for it to be possible to guarantee anything with it. It also makes perfect sense to want to exclude it as a variable before making a more thorough investigation. If you bought a computer without Ethernet then that's on you, not your ISP. Fashion is not an excuse.
- gnicholas 9y ago
  Did you miss the part where I said it can move files internally perfectly fine? There is nothing wrong with the wifi, and it's bizarre to see someone on HN make such unjustified assumptions. Does it make sense to "exclude it as a variable before making a more thorough investigation"? Yes. But if Comcast sends out techs who do not have ethernet-equipped hardware (as I pointed out in my original post), then it's silly of them to expect customers to all have ethernet-equipped hardware. > Fashion is not an excuse Oversimplification is not an excuse either.