Download speed difference between LAN and wireless [d link router] [wireless laptop]
Q: Hello everybody,
I have a D-Link router at 54Mbps, I see as much as five times reduction in download speed from my wireless laptop, the machine directly connected to the router.
I have an 8Mbps download speed from my isp, and my laptop shows “well connected” with four of the five bars for the connection to router.
So what would download a difference of something like 300-400 kbps and between LAN wireless downloads?
For more testing, I have a msn messenger.msn.com 16MB files downloaded from my laptop and my computer network. I got up to 450 KB / s on my LAN machine and about 100 KB / s of the laptop.
Suggestions, thoughts, ideas?
thanks in advance!
Best Answer: Hi,
54.0mbps is only the transfer speed of your network, it means that it can only support 54mbps transmission from your internet provider. 8000kbps or 8mbps download is the transfer speed provided by your network. Download is the rate in which your internet provider gives you data from their server. While 1000kbps or 1mbps simply is your upload speed. Upload speed is the rate in which your computer or laptop is sending data to the server.
Re:I have 25 clients on 108 Mbps Super-G. I cannot tell a difference in speeds vs my 100 Mbps LAN. Transfers are very fast, I have two Access Points managing the load though.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Most home routers will never transfer to the internet at higher than 1mb/sec
do you say this because of isp line restrictions or the routers themselves? i download peak at about 1.5mb/s, and im sure if i had more bandwidth i would go even higher.
Re:Most home routers will never transfer to the internet at higher than 1mb/sec. Wireless is even slower, especially if WEP is enabled
If you are paying for 8mb/sec service then you need a router that is robust enough to take advantage of that, such as a
Netgear FVS338
Re:Manually force the laptop wi-fi card to G-mode -vs- auto (G and B). Doesn't hurt to do this to the router either, unless you plan on connecting to it with old B-mode cards.
I'm betting this will fix the problem.
Re:Make sure that your Wireless TCP/IP stack is optimized for the type of Internet connection (Optimizing & Measuring the "Speed" of Internet Connection. (http://www.ezlan.net/Internet_Speed.html) ).
Switch off all the security measures, put the Wireless Client 3 feet from the Wireless source, and try again.
That would give you a base line for what your Wireless can do.
:sun:
Re:Simple answer? Wireless is slow.
As nmweaver said, ignore the data rate being shown. It's not even close.
Re:Yeah, I am not too bothered about that, as I am restricted by my isp to begin with at 8 Mbps.
So the natural conclusion would be that my wireless communicating at even lower than 8 Mbps. But I have tested file transfer speed between my lan and wireless machines, and it is definately faster than my isp limit of 8mbps.
Re:ignore the 54Mb speed rating, it's not even close.
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