Help with wireless large file transfer speeds...

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roadie

roadie

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Hey guys,

I have a wireless network set up in my flat which comprises of

- Bufalo WZR-HP-G300NH router. This is a wireless N 300Mbps, gigabit LAN part which is using wireless channels 1 & 5, which appear to be the least congested according to inssider.
- desktop connected via gigabit LAN.
- notebook connected via wireless and showing 300Mbps in connection status.
- there are also other things connected to the network like phones, XBOX and flatmate's PC.

When moving large files like movies from my desktop to my laptop I only see transfer speeds of about 7 megabytes a second, so transferring a ~2Gb file takes a while. This is below my expectations of wireless N transfer speeds!

Does anyone have any suggestions of how to speed things up if possible?

Thanks
 
OK thanks for the suggestions guys. I'll try jumbo frames if that's not already on. I don't think there's much better I can do in terms of hardware or with how the router and laptop are positioned.

Maybe 5Ghz is the next step, but I don't use the network for large transfers often, so it's not imperative.
 
The wireless card is the Intel one linked in my signature, which should do 300Mbps. The router is set at this and 40Mhz, and the laptop reports being connected at 300mbps.

Could the low speed be down to all the other routers in the vicinity?
 
Skidilliplop said:
IF it reports that it's running at 300mbit then I doubt it. Interference from other routers would degrade the signal, which would cause a lower connection rate, which it should report.

Is there anything else connected to the same SSID?
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There are a few things hooked up to the router, as per my OP. XBOX360 via wireless (although this is not on when transferring files) a couple of desktop PCs (one doing the transfer) and possibly a mobile phone. I wouldn't have thought it would be anything that would affect throughput much though?
 
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