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Topic: Internet Speed Requirements (Read 2225 times)

full member
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March 02, 2014, 10:15:27 PM
#16
I'm running dozens of miners (5.8TH at the moment) and see about 80kbps outbound through my WAN.
DrG
legendary
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March 02, 2014, 04:18:51 AM
#15
Latency actually matters ALOT. I was mining for a while on some altcoin pool. I got a whole bunch of stale's and it was because I had latency of 300ms.

That's pretty bad lag.  I mined for a short while off a wireless bridge-->router-->wireless adapter which is 2 wireless hops and I still has less than 1% stales mining BTC.
newbie
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March 01, 2014, 10:46:18 PM
#14
Latency actually matters ALOT. I was mining for a while on some altcoin pool. I got a whole bunch of stale's and it was because I had latency of 300ms.
full member
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February 28, 2014, 05:17:33 AM
#13
speed does not matter as much as latency.  running off wifi can add some extra latency to your connection, as well as the pool server you are connected to.
newbie
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February 27, 2014, 08:53:01 PM
#12
I use TimeWarner cable with 30mbits/second down and 1mbit/second up.  I'm mining at 1,100 kKash/second.  I also watch movies on Netflix and use Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) into a work computer 24 hours a day.  And my internet doesn't miss a beat!  In other words, mining seems to require very little network throughput. 
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February 27, 2014, 03:42:50 PM
#11
Is there any internet speed requirement for mining purpose?

Is 1Mbps (128 kBytes/s) enough?
Is 10Mbps (1.25 kBytes/s) better or needless?

Thanks!
I am planning to build my first rig
Bitcoin mining is based on GPU, not internet speed.
It uses a tiny 1kb/minute or something like that.

WAS

what are you trying to say?

He was saying that Bitcoin is no longer mined (effectively) on a GPU.  Make that Asics.
sr. member
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February 27, 2014, 09:55:01 AM
#10
Is there any internet speed requirement for mining purpose?

Is 1Mbps (128 kBytes/s) enough?
Is 10Mbps (1.25 kBytes/s) better or needless?

Thanks!
I am planning to build my first rig
Bitcoin mining is based on GPU, not internet speed.
It uses a tiny 1kb/minute or something like that.

WAS

what are you trying to say?
hero member
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Merit: 1000
'All that glitters is not gold'
February 27, 2014, 09:14:24 AM
#9
Is there any internet speed requirement for mining purpose?

Is 1Mbps (128 kBytes/s) enough?
Is 10Mbps (1.25 kBytes/s) better or needless?

Thanks!
I am planning to build my first rig
Bitcoin mining is based on GPU, not internet speed.
It uses a tiny 1kb/minute or something like that.

WAS
legendary
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Merit: 1057
SpacePirate.io
February 26, 2014, 02:57:59 PM
#8
Is there any internet speed requirement for mining purpose?

Is 1Mbps (128 kBytes/s) enough?
Is 10Mbps (1.25 kBytes/s) better or needless?

Thanks!
I am planning to build my first rig

To give you an idea of bandwidth required, for Jan 2014, every 1 Th/s of mining equaled 5.21 kbps inbound and 4.41 kbps outbound.  Very, very small in terms of internet traffic. Each cabinet I have has 10mbps and I come nowhere even near it.




jr. member
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February 26, 2014, 04:48:13 AM
#7
Is there any internet speed requirement for mining purpose?

Is 1Mbps (128 kBytes/s) enough?
Is 10Mbps (1.25 kBytes/s) better or needless?

Thanks!
I am planning to build my first rig
Bitcoin mining is based on GPU, not internet speed.
It uses a tiny 1kb/minute or something like that.

Thanks a lot for this post. before that I was thinking it is directly proportional to the  internet speed.
DrG
legendary
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Merit: 1035
February 26, 2014, 02:42:35 AM
#6
I ran 60 miners off a bridged wireless B connection for 1 month back in 2012 before stratum, bandwidth requirements are minimal, but low latency is helpful in preventing stales.
sr. member
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February 25, 2014, 05:58:47 AM
#5
mining on 600khps scrypt uses very little bandwidth, probably 56k -128k connection will suffice
sr. member
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February 24, 2014, 11:14:42 AM
#4
But if you are planning to use remote desktop then you need good bandwith.
newbie
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February 24, 2014, 06:35:50 AM
#3
This gives me an idea. thank you very much Mr or Mrs OP Smiley
sr. member
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February 24, 2014, 04:03:36 AM
#2
1megabit will do foryou. it uses about2kb network...
member
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February 24, 2014, 03:53:56 AM
#1
Is there any internet speed requirement for mining purpose?

Is 1Mbps (128 kBytes/s) enough?
Is 10Mbps (1.25 kBytes/s) better or needless?

Thanks!
I am planning to build my first rig
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