Wirless speed is too low

[Said Ali Jalali]

:rose: Hi. I have a laptop(Toshiba).When i make wireless network and other(for example 1) connect to my network and want to get a file(s)(with 1 GB size)it take 4 hour or more to get.Is that common? Are there some ways to make the speed high? Thank you. :rose: CanI

[Dave Kreskowiak]

No, it's not. Your speed problem is probably antenna related. The closer you can get to a direct line of site to the AP, the better. If you're going through a floor or too many walls, that will reduce speed. Composition of the walls will also have an effect on speed. If you're in an EM noisy area, that will also reduce speeds. Orientation of the AP's antenna will have an effect. It goes on and on... About the only settings you can change that would have a dramatic effect on speed would be the channel number you're using. Google for "802.11 wireless best channel" and start reading and experimenting. Who knows...you may even find a tool to tell you what your best channel is.

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[Luc Pattyn]

it also depends on your type of wireless. is it 802.11a/b/g/n? the lowest letter of the participants determines maximum speed of the communication. on 802.11n 1GB should take less than one hour. if you can and haven't already, it makes sense to compress the data before transmitting it; any ZIP utility would be fine (but it wouldn't help for things that are compressed already, such as JPEG files). :)

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[Dave Kreskowiak]

Luc Pattyn wrote:

any ZIP utility would be fine

I sure hope he doesn't try to compress the files over wireless!

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[Luc Pattyn]

Now there's an idea. :-D

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