Slow nas transfer speeds and wifi speeds

dottsie

dottsie

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Hi All!

I have a windows 8.1 desktop, running an i7 4790k, Asus Maximus vii ranger, 8gb corsair dominance 1866mhz ram and a tp-link tl-w822n network adapter.

My router is a technicolor tc7200 router with the upc firmware on it. http://www.technicolor.com/en/solut...-gateways/cable-modems-gateways/tc7200-tc7300

My nas is a seagate central 2gb.

The tp-link adaptor is V1 which doesn't have it's own drivers for windows 8 so I got the windows 7 drivers and manually applied them.

Now down to the problem!
Anything I transfer between my pc and the nas takes forever, i might be lucky to get a 1mb/s transfer speed which to me is way too slow.

My internet connection is quiet slow too. Here's the latest speed test I took: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4395064769
Now that's pretty high for how slow it's been.
I have a 240mb internet connection from my isp... Supposedly...I know that's going to be slower over WiFi but I'm lucky to get 7mb/s when say downloading anything.

I'm really not sure why I'm getting such slow speeds.I have cyberghost installed and when I'm not using it I disable the tap v9 adapter to see if that helps but no luck.

Any suggestions?
If you need more info please ask! Thanks very much :)
Oh and I should mention I have the latest bios and I think I've the latest drivers.
 
What link speed does windows report the wifi is syncing at, in network and sharing centre -> network connections -> your wifi connection?

If the router is putting both 2.4 and 5ghz bands on the same SSID, try separating them out and explicitly connecting to the 5ghz band. I have been having problems with dumb devices not taking, the newer, faster, better 5ghz band when they are capable and the ssid is combined.

Is the Seagate the latest firmware, and connected directly to the router with an Ethernet cable? A cheap consumer grade NAS is always going to be quite slow, but probably faster than what you are getting. Do you know what speed the connection is syncing at, ie 100mbe or 1gbe. If you have a different cable, try replacing it. Both router and nas have a gigabit port, but if the cable is dodgy it can drop the speed to fast Ethernet not gigabit.

Also the 240 is bits not bytes. The maxium theoretical is 1/8th of that, ie 30. What does the router report you are syncing at? (I dont know much about cable gateway routers)
 
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It says it's 130mb.I have them sperated and I'm connected to the 2.4ghz as I can't connect to the 5ghz for some reason. I have the latest firmware on the nas and not sure what it's syncing at. How would I find that out? Also same for the router sync? Sorry networking isn't my strong suite. I'll have a look for anotjer cable and see if that helps. Thanks very much!
 
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