Wireless settings for iBurst

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Wino

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Hi
I have an Iburst connection, and am using a SMC wireless router and wireless USB
Everything is working just fine, but I am wondering if I have set it up optimally.
When I look at the properties of my wireless network connection, it says I am connected at a speed of 54.0 mbps
Would this be my maximum or how can I fine tune things here?

Thanks in advance.
 
Wino said:
Hi
I have an Iburst connection, and am using a SMC wireless router and wireless USB
Everything is working just fine, but I am wondering if I have set it up optimally.
When I look at the properties of my wireless network connection, it says I am connected at a speed of 54.0 mbps
Would this be my maximum or how can I fine tune things here?

Thanks in advance.
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Yes, thats the maximum.

Although I wonder if you are REALLY connected at 54 Mbps? Best to get yourself a bandwidth meter that measure the throughput.
 
I also have a 802.11g wireless connection which connects at 54Mbps, that is usually hardly the throughput. It mostly depends on your signal strength, but in any case it will be enough to handle Iburst. If you have a good signal it can actually reach 54Mbps, but my signal is usually weak or very weak.

I am also wondering how I should set up the wireless connection in DrTCP or TCPOptimizer? Should any of the settings be changed, or just left to the router? In my router the only option there is to change is the MTU, is that good enough? Or should the TCPReceiveWindow, timstamping etc also be changed on the wireless connection?
 
Thanks
I have a very good signal, always 5 lights and am satisfied with the speed for now.

I always get confused though, with the kbps stats. Is this ... kilo bits.... or kilo bytes?
(Excuse my ignorance here!) :)
 
kbps is kilobits
KBps is kilobytes, like how your hardrive space is measured.

kbps is usually used for transfer rates on broadband, its 8X more than kilobites. So divide kilobits by 8 and youve got your true download rate in kilobytes. Wow almost confused myself
 
That 54Mbps is normally the speed of your wireless connection to your AP.
 
Ekhaatvensters said:
kbps is kilobits
KBps is kilobytes, like how your hardrive space is measured.

kbps is usually used for transfer rates on broadband, its 8X more than kilobites. So divide kilobits by 8 and youve got your true download rate in kilobytes. Wow almost confused myself
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Thanks muchly! :)
 
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