>"nadeem" <maroof***@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> Hi, I've got 3 computers hooked up to my belkin router (laptop and one
>> computer via wi-fi and the other computer with ethernet). It says on
>> the box of my router that it has speeds of 54 Mb per second. Although
>> when i try to transfer a file from my computer to the laptop (both by
>> wi-fi) it takes far longer to transfer then it should. The computer and
>> laptop are in close range of the router and are connected at 54Mb per
>> second. If i look in the task manager, it says i'm only utilizing about
>> 8% of the network. Does anyone know how to increase network utilization?
>>
>For starters, it isn't 54MB/sec, it is 54MHZ.  Secondly, that is not a
>steady state value.  Lots of messages, in addition to your data flow,
>transmit through that very same pipe. [snip]

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>> "nadeem" is right, Jim.  The rated speed of an 802.11g wireless
>> connection is 54 megabits per second.  See:
>>
>> http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci783003,00.html
>
>Ok, so I learn something new every day...
>
>> However, like all rated speeds for networking equipment, it's a
>> theoretical maximum speed under ideal laboratory conditions.  Real
>> networking equipment never gets anywhere close to its rated speed for
>> actual data transfers.  As you say, it's not a steady state value, and
>> it doesn't account for non-data bits in the data flow.
>>
>> In my tests, the actual speed of a file copy using 802.11g wireless is
>> generally between 10-20 megabits/second (1.25-2.50 megabytes/second)
>> At that speed, it takes between one and two minutes to transmit a 150
>> megabyte file.
>
>Is the wireless protocol like Ethernet?  It is very hard on an Ethernet line
>to get more than 60% throughput because of packet collisions.  Once upon a
>time, I updated an Ethernet packet sniffer program to get it to work as well
>as possible on Alpha VMS.  Every now and then I saw 60% or more, but I never
>really believed the calculations.  One of the many problems is that a host
>computer cannot see its own packets unless they are broadcast packets.
>Jim

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" <bcma***@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> In article <_CqBg.3447$kO3.1***@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com>, "Jim"
> <jim-nor***@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> "nadeem" is right, Jim.  The rated speed of an 802.11g wireless
>>> connection is 54 megabits per second.  See:
>>>
>>> http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci783003,00.html
>>
>>Ok, so I learn something new every day...
>>
>>> However, like all rated speeds for networking equipment, it's a
>>> theoretical maximum speed under ideal laboratory conditions.  Real
>>> networking equipment never gets anywhere close to its rated speed for
>>> actual data transfers.  As you say, it's not a steady state value, and
>>> it doesn't account for non-data bits in the data flow.
>>>
>>> In my tests, the actual speed of a file copy using 802.11g wireless is
>>> generally between 10-20 megabits/second (1.25-2.50 megabytes/second)
>>> At that speed, it takes between one and two minutes to transmit a 150
>>> megabyte file.
>>
>>Is the wireless protocol like Ethernet?  It is very hard on an Ethernet
>>line
>>to get more than 60% throughput because of packet collisions.  Once upon a
>>time, I updated an Ethernet packet sniffer program to get it to work as
>>well
>>as possible on Alpha VMS.  Every now and then I saw 60% or more, but I
>>never
>>really believed the calculations.  One of the many problems is that a host
>>computer cannot see its own packets unless they are broadcast packets.
>>Jim
>
> I don't know the details of the wireless protocol (or the wired
> protocol, for that matter).  On a Fast Ethernet (100 megabit rated)
> connection, I've seen file copy speeds of up to 70 megabits/second.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

>
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"Steve Winograd [MVP]" <bcma***@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> In article <_CqBg.3447$kO3.1***@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com>, "Jim"
> <jim-nor***@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >> "nadeem" is right, Jim.  The rated speed of an 802.11g wireless
> >> connection is 54 megabits per second.  See:
> >>
> >> http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci783003,00.html
> >
> >Ok, so I learn something new every day...
> >
> >> However, like all rated speeds for networking equipment, it's a
> >> theoretical maximum speed under ideal laboratory conditions.  Real
> >> networking equipment never gets anywhere close to its rated speed for
> >> actual data transfers.  As you say, it's not a steady state value, and
> >> it doesn't account for non-data bits in the data flow.
> >>
> >> In my tests, the actual speed of a file copy using 802.11g wireless is
> >> generally between 10-20 megabits/second (1.25-2.50 megabytes/second)
> >> At that speed, it takes between one and two minutes to transmit a 150
> >> megabyte file.
> >
> >Is the wireless protocol like Ethernet?  It is very hard on an Ethernet
line
> >to get more than 60% throughput because of packet collisions.  Once upon
a
> >time, I updated an Ethernet packet sniffer program to get it to work as
well
> >as possible on Alpha VMS.  Every now and then I saw 60% or more, but I
never
> >really believed the calculations.  One of the many problems is that a
host
> >computer cannot see its own packets unless they are broadcast packets.
> >Jim
>
> I don't know the details of the wireless protocol (or the wired
> protocol, for that matter).  On a Fast Ethernet (100 megabit rated)
> connection, I've seen file copy speeds of up to 70 megabits/second.

> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see.  I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
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>
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"nadeem" <maroof***@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1154874948.625806.177640@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
> Hi, I've got 3 computers hooked up to my belkin router (laptop and one
> computer via wi-fi and the other computer with ethernet). It says on
> the box of my router that it has speeds of 54 Mb per second. Although
> when i try to transfer a file from my computer to the laptop (both by
> wi-fi) it takes far longer to transfer then it should. The computer and
> laptop are in close range of the router and are connected at 54Mb per
> second. If i look in the task manager, it says i'm only utilizing about
> 8% of the network. Does anyone know how to increase network utilization?
>