> > my understanding is that though 802.11g theoretically supports ~54Mb/s, > that real world experience is around 20Mb/s avg. As there's no other > traffic on the network, and neither pc involved in the data transfer is > working under a significant load, I am expecting to be seeing transfer > speeds around triple what i'm seeing. > > is this a realistic expectation being hampered by some > misconfiguration/hardware obstacle, or is what i'm seeing as good as it > gets? any insights into this are greatly appreciated. > > regards, > > nathan > > 54Mb/s for 802.11G is the "theoretical maximum". There's a few things that can affect transfer speeds:
1. Signal quality / Interference - What is the signal quality on both clients? When you scan the wireless networks from your clients do you see other Wi-Fi APs on the same channel? If there are many, you set your Wi-Fi AP to a different channel. 2. Distance - How far away are the clients from the Wi-Fi AP? With 11.G, after 100' the throughput drops off significantly to the point where it's not all that much faster than "B". 3. Do the Wi-Fi cards in both computers support "G"? - If the Wi-Fi AP supports 11.B & G, and a client connects at "B" it will force the other clients to connect at "B" as well. * If your seeing speeds of 6.5Mb/s, this almost sounds like what's happening as the theoretical max is 11Mb/s and so throughput of 6.5 - 8Mb/s is about on par with what you would see. HTH! _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
