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Wireless transfer speeds slower than they should be?
    #18857970 - 09/18/13 01:07 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

I'm transferring files over my wireless network and it is really slow, it's going at 1.5MB/s at best. When I used to have a wired network is was like about 15MB/s.
Here's my modem: http://www.actiontec.com/264.html
and here is the wireless receiver I have on each computer: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704045

What speeds should I expect from using these two products together?


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Re: Wireless transfer speeds slower than they should be? [Re: gref]
    #18860347 - 09/18/13 09:09 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

I dunno. It varies. But wired is always faster than wireless.
Make sure you have the latest drivers for your wireless adapter. Maybe try tweaking some of the settings.
Also try updating the firmware on your router


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Re: Wireless transfer speeds slower than they should be? [Re: gref]
    #18860569 - 09/18/13 09:50 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

Do you have a wireless n router?  Ideally you'd have dual band wireless n router & adapters.  I personally get about 100MB/s wired through gigabyte ethernet, and 17MB/s wireless n if near by, can be about half that if a few rooms away.


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Re: Wireless transfer speeds slower than they should be? [Re: CosmicJoke]
    #18862570 - 09/19/13 11:12 AM (10 years, 5 months ago)

It also depends on what protocol you're using to transfer the files. When I use rsync or samba, I get around 1 MB/s, but if I use NFS, then I get around 50MB/s using wireless. It would be faster, but my transfer speed is gated by the USB 2.0 drive that I transfer to.


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Re: Wireless transfer speeds slower than they should be? [Re: Bacchus]
    #18862821 - 09/19/13 12:19 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

sure, with wired ethernet and internal hdds it's easy to hit 100MB/s on gigabit ethernet... i use nfs, smb, and afp daily over wifi and i've never had any of the speeds you've mentioned over wifi (incredibly high and incredibly low)  in my experience, smb sees pretty high numbers... i set up nfs on my server though because it was the most consistent and reliable with XBMC. :shrug:


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Re: Wireless transfer speeds slower than they should be? [Re: CosmicJoke]
    #18875743 - 09/22/13 12:32 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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CosmicJoke said:
Do you have a wireless n router?



You know I posted links for the specs of each hardware component. :rolleyes:

"Wireless N with MIMO smart antenna technology for blazing fast wireless speeds" and the receivers I'm using both support wireless n.


Edited by gref (09/22/13 12:35 PM)


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Re: Wireless transfer speeds slower than they should be? [Re: gref]
    #18875768 - 09/22/13 12:44 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

Quote:

gref said:
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CosmicJoke said:
Do you have a wireless n router?



You know I posted links for the specs of each hardware component. :rolleyes:

"Wireless N with MIMO smart antenna technology for blazing fast wireless speeds" and the receivers I'm using both support wireless n.




Except you called it a modem as opposed to a router so I didn't bother to click the link.

:rolleyes: back at ya.

And if it's one of those combos of router and modem that are issued by the ISP, they're usually crap in my experience.


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Re: Wireless transfer speeds slower than they should be? [Re: CosmicJoke]
    #18878813 - 09/23/13 12:47 AM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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CosmicJoke said: modems that are issued by the ISP, they're usually crap in my experience.





This was one of my ideas too, but I wouldn't call this case closed.


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Re: Wireless transfer speeds slower than they should be? [Re: gref]
    #18879035 - 09/23/13 02:04 AM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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CosmicJoke said: modems that are issued by the ISP, they're usually crap in my experience.





This was one of my ideas too, but I wouldn't call this case closed.




no, def not, what i would start off doing is going to speedtest.net and checking out your internet bandwith speed on it... but then, i would also compare that to your speed of doing a transfer between the two computers on your home network over samba if you're using windows... if that's much faster, you have an isp problem... if it's identical then it's something else - ideally i'd check with a laptop or something, if you don't have one get a friend to connect to your network and check...if the laptop is much faster, you'll know if it's your dongles and if not more likely your modem/router or its settings.


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Re: Wireless transfer speeds slower than they should be? [Re: CosmicJoke]
    #18879060 - 09/23/13 02:14 AM (10 years, 5 months ago)

example, this is my laptop over speedtest.net



that's equivalent to 6MB/s down

however, me pulling a file off my desktop over smb over wifi = 20MB/s




if for some reason my home network between desktop and smb wasn't significantly faster than my internet over a wireless n connection, i'd know there'd be a problem, and once testing it with an additional machine with a different wifi card,  i'd be able to narrow things down even further to whether it was the wifi card in the machine or the router itself.


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Re: Wireless transfer speeds slower than they should be? [Re: CosmicJoke]
    #18887339 - 09/24/13 11:33 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Thanks for your help thus far, I have some results.

Speedtest.net results: 32Mbps
And my Receiver software reports a connection speed of 72Mbps between my PC and my router/modem (my other PC reports the same info)
So far it makes sense...
But when transferring files from one PC to the other via WAN the speed is only 1.75MBps = 14Mbps

These numbers are very awkward and troubling.
-If each computer's data rate with the router is 72Mbps, how could data transferred between the two PCs be only 14Mbps?
-We know both the router and the receivers are capable of at least 32 Mbps undoubtedly since that was achieved in the speedtest.net test.

Considering these facts it just doesn't make sense!  :willynilly:



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Re: Wireless transfer speeds slower than they should be? [Re: gref]
    #18887408 - 09/24/13 11:52 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

well, it's believable though that nothing is wrong with your setup, you're transferring files between two wifi devices, so that information is going to your router and then sent to your other laptop.... if you could test with your two computers and router in the same room i could imagine you getting remarkably different transfer speeds.

i tried transferring files between my two macbook pros about 3 rooms away from the router and that dropped speeds down to about 3MB/s (where i can hit peak speeds of 20MB/s from files on my server on wired lan going to my laptop on wireless)


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Re: Wireless transfer speeds slower than they should be? [Re: gref]
    #18887414 - 09/24/13 11:54 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I think I might have found an answer from this thread on tom's hardware

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/40900-42-transferring-files-wlan-slower-dling-internet


You must have some badass hardware if you can do a wireless transfer from PC to PC at 20MBps. What are your router and receivers?


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Re: Wireless transfer speeds slower than they should be? [Re: gref]
    #18887451 - 09/25/13 12:08 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

just tested again with sending files between two macbook pros in the same room as router and am getting 16MB/s, so that improves things greatly but not as good as my server being wired to a laptop on wireless.  i think your problem is likely the distance of your devices from your router, especially since they are both wireless.

i have a 5th generation apple airport extreme dual band wireless n router and the devices, i guess the wifi cards are "Broadcom BCM4331 single-chip 802.11n dual-band wireless solution"...

the router might be a bit pricey but it's definitely nothing special, nor is the chipset.... you can get the same gear or better now with wireless AC far cheaper.


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Re: Wireless transfer speeds slower than they should be? [Re: CosmicJoke]
    #18887490 - 09/25/13 12:25 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Haha each PC and the modem/router are all in the living room and each is no more than 10ft apart from one another. So you might ask, why did you not do a wired connection? The answer is because I'm lazy and didn't want to mess with running the connection along the ceiling, walls, or under the carpet.

You still haven't looked at the links in my OP huh! :mad: :lol:
After doing more research I have concluded that my modem/router is actually pretty damn good, but my receivers suck. If I had gone with a wireless receiver more like this then my wireless transfer speeds would be way better.


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Re: Wireless transfer speeds slower than they should be? [Re: gref]
    #18887510 - 09/25/13 12:32 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

i just looked, i don't see that your modem/router is dual band unfortunately, you'd probably get much better speeds w/ the 5ghz paired with buying the new pci-e cards

paired with something like this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320062


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It takes a lot of courage to go out there and radiate your essence.

I know you scared, you should ask us if we scared too.  If you was there, and we just knew you cared too.


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Re: Wireless transfer speeds slower than they should be? [Re: gref]
    #18887522 - 09/25/13 12:35 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

But it has MIMO technology!
LOL I have so much to learn about networking, I think we can call this case closed now. Thanks for your help. :smile:


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