Re: Transfer of files with a wireless router

From: John R Weiss (jrweiss98155_at_NOSPAM.comcast.net)
Date: 10/10/04 

Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 13:50:15 -0700

"Mark" <hampshiremark1@hotmail.com> wrote...
>
> I have a Netgear router connected to my main pc and a
> wireless card in the 2nd pc in the next room. I have set
> it up ok and it seams to be working just fine internet
> wise and no dropped connections beteween the 2 computers.
> The problem i have is that when i transfer files beteween
> the 2 computers it seems to take forever. For instance a
> 290mb file takes 15-20 minutes to transfer. Is this
> normal?, and if not could you maybe give me some advice
> on what steps i can take to speed up the transfer process.

Depends on the connection...

An 802.11b net has a max bandwidth of 11 Mbps (Megabits/sec), or about 1.3 MBps
(MegaBytes/sec). For a 290 MB file, that means about 3.5 minutes minimum.

However, you will never achieve full bandwidth. Depending on the distance
between the router and the clients, your throughput of about 1/4 max could be
reasonable.

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