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Slow wireless file transfer rates.
Hi guys,
I have a D-Link DGL-4500 connecting 3 machines: mine, my wife's, and the tv room, which is wireless using a Linksys WMP54G.
The problem is I can't seem to transfer large files wirelessly at an acceptable speed.
When I first boot up the tv room, the connection is good, 54Mbps, as is signal strength. Speed tests report the same internet bandwidth we get on the two wired machines. However, when I attempt to drag a file to the tv room machine, the connection speed drops to 24-38Mbps (which seems more than ample), but transfer rates are less than 1Mb, usually about 300-800 KB/s.
This means an 11GB file will take more than 4 hours! I can drag that same file to the wife's machine in just a few minutes. 4 hours, just for a friggen file, really?
Not sure what to do? I've tried wireless g only, wireless n & g, using 128-bit encryption, not using it, updating anything I could find... it's all the same in the end, crap transfer rates. I will admit this card came from Tiger and cost only $12.00. I guess I was not paying close enough attention because it's a refurb. It fits, and in all other respects it seems to work just fine, just not with its real only intended purpose.
Btw... the tv room is using 32-bit 7, fully updated as of this morning.