Wireless network speeds

[CalmPanic]

i have a dlink di-524 router 802.11g/2.4ghx with speeds up to 54mbps. Right now when i transfer files between the 2 computers on the network i'm only getting speeds around 800kps, shouldn't this be faster? if so what can i do to speed it up? thank you

 

[JackMDS]

Normal functional "Speed" of 802.11g is 18-20Mb/sec.

Do you have 802.11b associated with the 802.11g? It might drag it down.

Did you try to put the Wireless Router and the Wireless computer close one to the other?

 

[CalmPanic]

no i dont' have any 802.11b, there are only 2 computers on the network one is connected to the router via cable and my laptop is wireless. And yes i have had them within 14 inches of each other so that's damn close. Is there something that could be causing these really bad speeds? thanks

 

[CalmPanic]

i actually just checked the speed between the 2 computers with a cable and that's onle 7-8mbps. shouldn't that be wayyyy faster then that since it is no longer wireless? what the hell is going on here with my network? help me please. thank you

 

[JonnyBlaze]

networks are rated at 100 megabits per second. thats 12.5 megabytes. usually a lil less in the real world.

so a wireless lan rated at 54mb is really 6.75MB/s

jb

 

[CalmPanic]

ok but i'm only getting 800kps in the wireless, and when i connect a cable to it i'm only getting 7-8mbps.

 

[CalmPanic]

could the bad speeds be related to the router's firewalls or something

 

[JackMDS]

The Router and the Router's Firewall is not a factor in LAN transfer.

What your numbers are based On?

 

[CalmPanic]

i set up an ftp server in one computer and ftp client in another and transfered 700mb files.

 

[AFB]

There are many determining factors in transfer speed, the router's firewall is not one of them. LAN traffic does not even go through it. What is the speed you get if you ~ 2ft from the router?

 

[CalmPanic]

800kps if i'm 2 feet from the router 800kps if i'm 13 inches away from the router. It seems to be capped at that speed when i'm wireless. If i'm using a network cable instead of the wireless card for my laptop then i get 7mps which is still pretty slow for a wire connection.

 

[AFB]

What wifi card do you have ?

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: CalmPanic
800kps if i'm 2 feet from the router 800kps if i'm 13 inches away from the router. It seems to be capped at that speed when i'm wireless. If i'm using a network cable instead of the wireless card for my laptop then i get 7mps which is still pretty slow for a wire connection.

There are two units of measure.

Byte and Bit 8bits=1Byte. Example 7MB/sec (B=byte) is a transfer of 56Mb/sec. (b=bit).

Internet Explorer (as an example) shows the ?Speed? of transfer in Bytes.

If your FTP transfer is in Bytes 7MB/sec. would 56Mb/sec. It is on slow side of CAT5 but it is not so ?Terrible?

If your Wireless is 800KB/sec. it is like 6.4Mb/sec. which is a fast 802.11b but too slow for 802.11g.

In such a case you might want to look into the Wireless Card Utility and see what the settings are.

:sun:

 

[Bloodstein]

Originally posted by: JackMDS

Originally posted by: CalmPanic
800kps if i'm 2 feet from the router 800kps if i'm 13 inches away from the router. It seems to be capped at that speed when i'm wireless. If i'm using a network cable instead of the wireless card for my laptop then i get 7mps which is still pretty slow for a wire connection.

There are two units of measure.

Byte and Bit 8bits=1Byte. Example 7MB/sec (B=byte) is a transfer of 56Mb/sec. (b=bit).

Internet Explorer (as an example) shows the ?Speed? of transfer in Bytes.

If your FTP transfer is in Bytes 7MB/sec. would 56Mb/sec. It is on slow side of CAT5 but it is not so ?Terrible?

If your Wireless is 800KB/sec. it is like 6.4Mb/sec. which is a fast 802.11b but too slow for 802.11g.

In such a case you might want to look into the Wireless Card Utility and see what the settings are.

:sun:

oh man...more mathz...

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Bloodstein

Originally posted by: JackMDS

Originally posted by: CalmPanic
800kps if i'm 2 feet from the router 800kps if i'm 13 inches away from the router. It seems to be capped at that speed when i'm wireless. If i'm using a network cable instead of the wireless card for my laptop then i get 7mps which is still pretty slow for a wire connection.

There are two units of measure.

Byte and Bit 8bits=1Byte. Example 7MB/sec (B=byte) is a transfer of 56Mb/sec. (b=bit).

Internet Explorer (as an example) shows the ?Speed? of transfer in Bytes.

If your FTP transfer is in Bytes 7MB/sec. would 56Mb/sec. It is on slow side of CAT5 but it is not so ?Terrible?

If your Wireless is 800KB/sec. it is like 6.4Mb/sec. which is a fast 802.11b but too slow for 802.11g.

In such a case you might want to look into the Wireless Card Utility and see what the settings are.

:sun:

oh man...more mathz...

I have a subnetting Final Exam tommorrow...tHis my friend is NOTHING...