Wifi

[andrewducker]

I'm currently transferring files from Ed's old hard drive to the Terastation. I'm getting around 18megabits/second throughput. Is this a reasonable amount to be getting? Or is there a problem?

Comments

[excursively.livejournal.com]

If you're using 54Mb 802.11g, that's pretty good, I'd say.

[robhu.livejournal.com]

Via wifi? Yes.

[trashcanglam.livejournal.com]

Yes, that is some bandwidth.

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

no. its pants - you should get 54. When I had that my radio was just about dead in my laptop. (Symptoms were starting OK then swiftly dropping).

Your WiFi was really cr@p speedwise when I was up.

something is wrong.....

[andrewducker]

Strangely, the online stuff I find when I google 802.11g throughput tell me that 18mbps is about normal, after all the overheads are taken out.

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

ok, maybe I'm talking rubbish then.

*dashing out the door*

[andrewducker]

I did find the source of the problem with the file copying though - my USB hub was fucked, meaning anything being copied anywhere - like to your USB drive - was incredibly slow!

Re: *dashing out the door*

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

a ha! glad you got it sorted. I had a couple of USB hubs die on me. I doubled my budget (to £10) after that...