Slow network transfer speeds

thecremeegg · 20 Jun 2008 at 17:13

I have my main desktop which is connected via ethernet to our belkin 'n' router. I also have a laptop with a wireless adaptor that came with the router (also 'n' rated)

Transferring a file from my desktop to the laptop PC is very slow. A 700mb file takes a few minutes.

Surely it should be going going a fair bit faster else whats the point of having the 'n' standard?

The desktop is running vista 64 and the latop running xp home
Any ideas on what the the prob could be?

Cheers

sparkey196 · 20 Jun 2008 at 18:03

First off, make sure you install Vista SP1 and the latest network card drivers.

thecremeegg · 20 Jun 2008 at 18:32

sparkey196 said:
First off, make sure you install Vista SP1 and the latest network card drivers.

SP1 is installed, i'll see if there are new drivers available

Edit: Nope, its got the latest drivers

Anything else?

BigBoy · 21 Jun 2008 at 00:10

You will be held up by the speed of the laptops Hard drive especially if its running on batteries. any idea of what the network throughput is? i.e. the K/bs in and out whilst copying?

Even over wire between my laptop and desktop I never see more than 10mb/s as its all the laptops hard drive can do (thats laptop to desktop. The other way is much less, but then the lappy is 5 years old!)

thecremeegg · 21 Jun 2008 at 09:14

BigBoy said:
You will be held up by the speed of the laptops Hard drive especially if its running on batteries. any idea of what the network throughput is? i.e. the K/bs in and out whilst copying?

Nope as it doesn't show. Anyway I can get this info?

If I plug the latop in via ethernet then transfers are a lot quicker and as you say hard drive limited.

Its just losing so much speed over wireless