Possible to Increase Wireless Transfer Speeds

[Desisuperman]

So i have a Linksys Wireless G WRT54G-L router and i'm backing up one computer to another through my wirleless home network, but i'm finding it's taking forvere.

Is there a 3rd party firmware or some software that will allow me to transfer at a higher rate? Or better yet is there a setting I can change in the Linksys software/firmware that will increase it's wireless transfer rate?

Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciate

TIA 🙂

 

[JackMDS]

What is the transfer rate now?

 

[Desisuperman]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
What is the transfer rate now?

not sure, so i'll have to say whatever the dafault setting is. it says it's a 54mbps router but I highly doubt it's transferring at that rate.

 

[JackMDS]

"Speed" (Bandwidth) expectation of Ethernet Home Networks using Windows - http://www.ezlan.net/net_speed.html

Internet Speed Optimized: http://www.ezlan.net/Internet_Speed.html

 

[Madwand1]

Originally posted by: Desisuperman
So i have a Linksys Wireless G WRT54G-L router and i'm backing up one computer to another through my wirleless home network, but i'm finding it's taking forvere.

Is there a 3rd party firmware or some software that will allow me to transfer at a higher rate? Or better yet is there a setting I can change in the Linksys software/firmware that will increase it's wireless transfer rate?

Wireless has a lot of variability, so it's possible that some repositioning / changing channels / etc., might make a difference if you're encountering problems, but to do much better, you'd have to change the technology itself -- ideally wired for large transfers.

The best actual throughput for wireless-g is around 23 Mb/s. Standard wired typically approaches 100 Mb/s -- without the potential issues due to interference, etc., and of course the bottom speed using gigabit is typically higher than the top speed with 100 Mb/s wired.

 

[Desisuperman]

well i don't necessairly need to go wireless, I can wire my other PC directly into my router. Is there any room for play in this scenario?

 

[JackMDS]

I am not sure what exactly you are looking for.

Network is Not like CPU Overclocking or Video frame Boosting.

The "Speed" depends on what is available at the input (Internet connection), the local hardware, and good optimization of the setting.

Thus far you did not provided any info that can help in any process of accessing what you already have, and what you want to achieve.

The link that I gave you above should give you an idea of what to expect.

 

[geno]

I hate to threadjack, but I was about to post a similar thread. For each system on the network (802.11g), connections to the internet are great, with quick downloads. However, when copying large files from one peer to the other, they take forever. I know I haven't specified much, but is there anything in general I can do to speed things up? I'm transferring a large file right now, and I'm showing roughly 5 mbps...I'd expect a little more from a 54mbps network, should I?

 

[JackMDS]

54Mb/sec. at best (when distance and noise are not "slowing the signal") yields about 22Mb/sec. which translate to a local transfer of about 2.5Mb/sec.

You have to measure local transfer if really want to know what you get.

54Mb/sec. is the Rating of the internal parts of the Network card and not of the Network Bandwidth (speed) actual performance).

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
54Mb/sec. at best (when distance and noise are not "slowing the signal") yields about 22Mb/sec. which translate to a local transfer of about 2.5Mb/sec.

You have to measure local transfer if really want to know what you get.

54Mb/sec. is the Rating of the internal parts of the Network card and not of the Network Bandwidth (speed) actual performance).

I was taking the figures from the task manager's performance tab. I should also mention I get an "Excellent" connection according to XP, the router and PC in question are roughly 20 feet away from each other in the same room with nothing in between them. I'd be upset if I didn't get a great connection 😛

That being said, it took roughly 15 minutes to get 700MB from one PC to the other (again, one wired, the other wireless). So 700MB / 15 minutes = 46 MB per minute. 46 / 60 = .77MB/s = 6.2Mbps....which is still a little low. Someone correct my math if I'm an idiot / if I'm wrong 😛

 

[spidey07]

The only things you can do, as mentioned MadWand is change channels. The other thing that can dramatically increase speed is to force 802.11g mode only. If there are any 802.11b clients anywhere your throughput will drop down to 9-12 Mbs even though you are connected at 54 Mbs. Max possible 802.11g throughput under ideal conditions is around 22 Mbs

 

[Madwand1]

Originally posted by: Desisuperman
well i don't necessairly need to go wireless, I can wire my other PC directly into my router. Is there any room for play in this scenario?

I'm not sure what you mean, but if going wired is an option for backups / large transfers, then go for it, and don't look back -- even so-called "300 Mb/s" wireless will have a hard time matching plain old 100 Mb/s wired for actual throughput, and you can usually get very good 100 Mb/s wired throughput without any tweaking.

 

[kevnich2]

Right now, wireless is not a replacement for the good ol' faithful ethernet when it comes to speed. A 300mb 802.11N will yield approximately 40-50mb of true throughput and that will change all the time depending on the environment. 802.11G will usually yield approximately 20mb of true bandwidth For bandwidth intensive items, you need to use ethernet. For just casual web browsing, etc, go ahead and use wireless. There is really no way to "tweak" this to gain more bandwidth, you get what you get.

Another point to add, compare this technology and remember the old 10baseT days. You suddenly smile when you think of the current wireless technology.