Router vs WiFi

[ReenenLaurie]

I have a d-link router Dsl-2750u(or something like that). This has wifi, and it works pretty good for *internet* transfers. But when I want to transfer between devices, it's really slow (quite a bit lower than 10mb/s, nevermind 100mb/s that LANs these days should be able to do). Is there a setting that I have to set somewhere? Or do I need to buy an additional stronger higher wifi speed device?

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

I have a d-link router Dsl-2750u(or something like that). This has wifi, and it works pretty good for *internet* transfers. But when I want to transfer between devices, it's really slow (quite a bit lower than 10mb/s, nevermind 100mb/s that LANs these days should be able to do). Is there a setting that I have to set somewhere? Or do I need to buy an additional stronger higher wifi speed device?

10MBytes/sec or 10Mbits/sec?

Depending on what wifi standard you are connected with (i.e B/G/N/AC) you would probably be lucky to see something around 10MB/sec on a consumer wifi router, this is if you are connected to to a wireless N network.

 

[ReenenLaurie]

10MBytes/sec or 10Mbits/sec?

Lol I dunno. But when I was at university 15y ago the 100mbs lines were new things. I think I'd be happy to achieve about 5-6 MBytes a second. Essentially, I want my wifi connection to be quicker than using a flash disk. And at the moment it's not.

 

[StonerStuart]

The devices you are transferring between on the LAN are most probably files - Correct?
The transfer speeds on wifi are dependent on the devices capabilities, for example: If you are connecting a PC with a wireless N 300 radio then your router and secondary device must also support the wireless N 300 speeds they must be within range.

\If you are transferring files via cable then you need all three devices equipped with a gigabit port to get a theoretical max transfer speed of 10 - 12 MBps.

You will not get true consistent speeds over wifi cable is the way to go.

I am no network expert but from many years messing around with my home network i can tell you for certain that cable is the way to go. Even if your devices are top of the range and equally equipped the devices must be within reasonable range from the routing point in order to gain the reasonable speeds; which in most cases are a ¼ of that you'd get via cable.

 

[ReenenLaurie]

Thnks stoner.

My current setup is my PC cabled to the router, and then I connect with my phone/wife's phone/multimedia device to the PC.

I am able to "stream" video from my phone (even full HD)... Ok, so the issue lies with the other device's wifi speeds. It claims to have 802.11b/g/n internal Wifi connection... Should that be sufficient?

 

[DA-LION-619]

Let me give you some basics. It's best to keep all n devices on one network and all older devices on a different network like b & g. The 5ghz frequency has less interference than 2.4ghz but 5ghz has a limited range.

I have no experience with a ac network.

 

[IndigoIdentity]

Not an expert either but if you have a b/g/n router and you have multiple devices connecting to it.

If there are b or g devices connected to the network, the network speed will drop to normalize the rates between devices.

That means if you have a g device (say older blackberry) and an n device (say newer laptop) both making use of the wifi network, the n device will get the lower speeds (g) that are in use by the g device and not the max capable speeds of the device (n).

It's best to keep all n devices on one network and all older devices on a different network like b & g.

That makes the most sense but somewhat impractical indeed.

 

[Rocket-Boy]

Not an expert either but if you have a b/g/n router and you have multiple devices connecting to it.

If there are b or g devices connected to the network, the network speed will drop to normalize the rates between devices.

That means if you have a g device (say older blackberry) and an n device (say newer laptop) both making use of the wifi network, the n device will get the lower speeds (g) that are in use by the g device and not the max capable speeds of the device (n).



That makes the most sense but somewhat impractical indeed.

^this
Im putting the blame at a non n device that is limiting you to 802.11g.

 

[DA-LION-619]

That makes the most sense but somewhat impractical indeed.

Not really, most people have a old wifi router lying around as they normally get newer ones from telkom, but if this not the case with the OP he should invest in a new wifi router since he wants to transfer files at a good speed.