The number that appears in the vm is just that- a number. Under Hyper-V
it is 10Gb (probably to avoid discussions like this) !

The rate at which the data is actually transferred depends on the NIC in
the host (and its driver) and the network to which it is attached, not to
anything in the vm.

"Jesper Arnecke" <JesperArnecke@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Steve Jain" wrote:
>> Which isn't a limit in itself. The only limit is the actual host's
>> connection, and the CPU overhead. A VM can get up to about 500Mb
>> throughput if the host is robust enough.
>
> Hey Steve,
>
> I am sure when you say it, it holds truth. But to my head it doesnt really
> makes sense that a specific 10/100 NIC can deliver more, if located in a
> vm.
> As far as I understand, what happends is that it will emulate a specific
> piece of hardware, leaving the boundries of a vm within that piece of
> hardware...
> I would very much like to read more on this overclocking of a NIC, as my
> knowledge ends about the 100