Wireless N, how fast should it be?

[Rubycon]

How do I do these file transfer tests?

For years I've used Netpersec. You can download it here:

http://download.cnet.com/NetPerSec/3000-18512_4-15690.html

 

[JackMDS]

Yes with 5GHz it's possible to hit 200Mbps (actual) BUT your range is quite limited. Those speeds drop very fast once you distance yourself even a few meters out.

This about the only reason to use the N concoction.

Short to Medium range (depending on the environment) HD steaming.

Any thing else is just marketing ploys of the vendors that sell questionable implementation of the technology to ignorant End-User.

Threads like this just reiterate the extend of Not disclosing what the published Data numbers means.

End-Users keep clinging to this 600/300/150Mb/sec. as functional Wireless.

No way that such functional results would be archived with single system Entry level devices.

I guess that just indicates that many of us are the product of society that use to take Mercury and Snake Oil for medical purposes.


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[IGemini]

The 11n wireless is prone to interference. I'm on a WNDR3300 and only use the 2.4GHz band, and my comp is reading signal through the better part of a floor, a set of stairs and three walls at a narrow angle. Downloading a file now from my server on ethernet gets up to 2MB/s and Windows usually has it at 36-72 Mbps. It has good days. The same file download on the netbook will go about 5MB/s and registers 130 Mbps.

 

[mosco]

Yes with 5GHz it's possible to hit 200Mbps (actual) BUT your range is quite limited. Those speeds drop very fast once you distance yourself even a few meters out.

Yeah, it only has to travel maybe 15 feet through and through 1 wall.

 

[mosco]

How do I do these file transfer tests?

I just got a Linksys E4200. The PC is an Acer laptop with an Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 wifi card. I'm using the E4200's 5GHz radio and Windows shows 405 to 450Mbps up to 40ft. away with walls in between.

I know what Windows shows isn't a reliable indicator of the actual network speed, but for the first time ever, Windows is showing the speed of up to 450Mbps. The highest I ever saw on a Linksys E3000 was 250 to 300Mbps.

I also have a Linksys WET610N wifi bridge on a TV downstairs and before with the E3000, the 5GHz signal was only around 30%. With the E4200 the 5GHz signal is now around 65%.

Isn't the 4200 3 stream? And I am pretty sure the 6300 is. Thats why you are seeing up to 450.