Slow Network Speed
 

PC: Wired
MAC: Wireless
Router: Linksys WRT54GL flashed with DD-WRT

Transfer speed from PC -> MAC: 5-6 Mbps

I should be getting somewhere in the neighbourhood of over 20Mbps..

What's wrong?

wireless signals can be slowed down by the distance
it takes me forever to send stuff through wireless

best thing is to transfer by wired

Nothing is "wrong". That's just the real world speed.

Well, the laptops is right next to my router and i can only send between 5-6mbps on "G" mode.. it should be much faster than that?

like invisible said its the real actually speed and not theoretical speed that they advertise
if your right next to the router you might as well plug it in

What's the connect speed? What are you using for encryption?

Well, the notebook is right next to me for testing purposes, usually the laptop is all over the house, but it seems like no matter where my notebook is, all im getting is 5-6Mbps over wireless. That frustrates me because I'm having trouble streaming a regular DivX movie.

I tried transferring 2 files simultaneously from my PC to my MAC via wireless, and I'm still drawing the same speed. I think my router is bottlenecking the speed. Is anyone familiar with DD-WRT? perhaps there are some settings in there that I should take a look at?

54Mbps for Wireless
100Mbps for Wired PC

I'm using AES Encryption for WiFi.

5-6Mbits/s is NOT real world speed for Wireless G transfer.

I think you are confused with the bits with the Bytes.

Well, no I'm not. Believe me, I'm one of the people who would never confuse talking about Mb/s and MB/s.

Anyways, okay... real world speed for 802.11g can be as high as 22-26Mb/s... but there could be so many factors that can cause it to be slower. Nobody's going to be able to tell you with any confidence that a particular reason is behind it.

The only way you can even begin to investigate is to do a whole bunch of tests. Try using different PCs and laptops to see if the speed is any different. Maybe try changing the channel that your wifi is operating on.

if you dont like the speed bump it up to wireless N
or get the ethernet over powerline? where you can plug in a module to any pwoer outlet and get net that way

20mbps does not mean your downloading or uploading speed.... the 20mbps that you see is the signal strength from the W router to your comp.... If you want to check your real speed Pls Click the link and click speed meter on the top

Cheers hope it helps

BTW let me know what is the statistics that shows on the speed meter test.... Mine is Like 5MBs max is 8MBs.... I'm Using shaw High speed+ booster ($2.50 shaw add-on) FTW

No. You can see up to 54Mb/s as your theoretical connection speed between your wireless adapter and the router, but even if you're connected at 54Mb/sec, it doesn't mean you can actually transfer data that fast over that connection. The best real world transfer speed you can achieve over 802.11g is 22-26Mb/s, but usually it's probably quite a bit less than that.

My point is, the router and notebook is right next to one another, yet I can't achieve speeds anywhere close to what you claim. What kind of interference can be causing this? I don't really understand.

and Yes, I have tried changing channels, the speed didn't change at all.

Well, you could try testing other equipment to get an idea if it's one component (PC, router, or Mac) that's causing the slowness.

bringing back an old thread.

dell desktop PC: wired
download speed 1.91 Mb/s
upload speed 10.96Mb/s
ping 120ms

acer revo: wireless
download speed 0.38Mb/s
upload speed 0.55Mb/s
ping 73ms

router: Linksys WRT54GL (one week old)
provider: uniserve DSL 3.0

this is my first time dealing with a wifi connection, and as you can see it hasn't gone well. i don't even think dialup is this slow :(

help?

Step 1: Connect your stupid Mac using a wire to see the actual speed

Step 2: Restore your router to default setting and test the wireless speed
If shit doesn't work, make sure your windows setting is correct.

Step 3: Test the wireless speed with security and encryption options

Step 4: Try other wireless devices and test the speed.