Pathetic Network speeds

[Aod]

for convenience, i've networked my gaming PC and work laptop for sharing files and devices.

laptop is connected to the belkin router by 802.11g and intel wireless manager reports the connection speed as 54mb.
the PC is connected by good old fashioned cat 5e cable (although it is about 15m long) and reports the speed as 100mb

i'm transferring a folder from the laptop to the PC which is about 110MB, and it gave me an estimate of 11 minutes!

11 minutes? it didn't take me that long to bloody download the thing!

anyway, are there any ways i could speed up my network speeds, as this is a bit silly.

 

[Aod]

nope, using XP pro (MCE) SP2 on the laptop and Server 2003 x64 (also SP2) on the desktop.

Can you not plug your laptop into the router when you need to transfer large files?

that would kind of eliminate the convenience of the filesharing, i might aswell jusy use a flash drive if that were the case.

 

[Aod]

so, belkin 802.11g kit is crap? well, i'm not surprised. i guess i should look into getting another CAT5e cable stretching to my room then.