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    Wireless Network Transfer Speed

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by 93Akkord, Mar 21, 2008.

  1. 93Akkord

    93Akkord Notebook Consultant

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    I'm trying to transfer all my music from one computer to this laptop and right now I'm getting an average of 2.0 MB/sec. Is this normal? Is there a way to make the transfer rates faster?
     
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    It would help if you provided us with more information.

    What are you using? 802.11 a, b, g, or n? (This is the specs of your access point, not your laptop card)

    How many other people are using the network? (Wired or Wireless)

    How far away from the access point are you?

    As you can see, there are a lot of variables that affect wireless speed. You will never achieve the listed speed.
     
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  3. 93Akkord

    93Akkord Notebook Consultant

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    Sorry 'bout that.

    • Well as you probably know...the laptop is a/g/n supported.
    • I have a b/g router which is set to mix.
    • right now only two computers are accessing the network. my main comp and my laptop. the only network activity is the file transfer and mIRC.
    • I'm about 20 feet from the router.
     
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    Ok, the first thing you want to do is set your router to ONLY 802.11g. Whenever you run in mixed mode, your speed is limited to the lowest setting, i.e. 802.11b at 11 Mbps max theoretical. Add in the environmental factors and your speed is pretty typical.
     
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    2MB/s is about right. That's 16 Mb/s which is about normal with all other factors taken into consideration. Use an ethernet cable instead for large file transfers.
     
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    ahh ok...thanks guys. I'll change the option to G only once the transfer is done. Don't want to mess that up lol.
     
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