On 16/08/05, Oliver Jones <oliver(a)deeperdesign.com> wrote:
Hi Guys.
I've got a 802.11g Wireless card and Linksys WAG54G. I've also got my "NAS/Media Centre" connected to the WAG via wired 100Mbit Ethernet. Now, "G" wireless is supposed to be 54Mbit per second. Which if you take it at face value should give you around 6Mb a second transfers. However whenever I'm transfering to and from my NAS I'd be luck to break 200kb a second. Now I know the "advertised" speed of 802.11g isn't close to 6mb/sec but I would have thought I'd get faster than 200kb a second. Why is it so slow? How can I make it faster?
Do you have any 802.11 b devices on there as they slow everything down (although should be faster than this - I presume you mean 200 kbit per second not 200 kbyte per second)? How long was this up for as I notice those excessive retries and missed beacon showing? Have you tried changing the frequency that you use - I have had interference personally from my microwave and also TV transmitter (to beam Sky from one room to another) as these both work on 2.4 GHz range. You could also get inteference from another property. How far apart are the devices and what sort of walls are in between? Ian
eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"FlindersLAN" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:13:10:9A:DD:9C Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=94/100 Signal level=-41 dBm Noise level=-81 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:1 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:5
I am using WEP. Turning this off would make things faster I imagine. How much of a difference though?
Shouldn't make any difference really with modern gear. I would STRONGLY suggest changing to WPA-PSK for security as WEP is useless security. Regards, Ian