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    Speed to/from external hard drive

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Fiffy, Feb 3, 2006.

  1. Fiffy

    Fiffy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    This "problem" has concerned me for awhile. When I transfer files from my notebook to my external Ethernet hard drive via the wireless network the speed never seems to max out. I guess this is due to some part of the system, but I can?t figure out which....

    This is a picture of a transfer:
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    My setup is:
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    AirPort Express 54Mbit/s wireless access point
    D-Link 604 router
    LaCie Big mini Ethernet hard drive

    The weak link in the above should be the wireless part, but I am in a ?Line of sight? situation with the base station so the speed should be higher.

    Could anyone give me an explanation to why the speed doesn?t reach 50% (which I guess is the max. when only transferring in one direction?)

    Have a nice weekend!
    Fiffy
     
    Fiffy, Feb 3, 2006
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  2. daacon

    daacon Notebook Evangelist

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    Nobody bitting eh ...well I 'll give it a go. I have read of issues when transfering large files wirelessly - it can have to do with internal router settings and windows TCP-IP setting (such as MTU , tcpwin , etc) ....

    Do you have the latest Firmware for your router ?
    Latest drivers for your wireless card ?
    Do smaller files transfer at 'full speeds' ?
    Anything else using Bandwith from the routers stealing cycles ?
    Are you using any other 2.4 Ghz devices during the transfer that might be interfering with signal ?

    You might want to look at the router documentation / Admin page to see if there are any tweaks.

    If the file comes over fine (uncorrupted) - just that it is slow - be forewarned about playing / changing router and or registry settings - might make a bearable situation into a non working one where you will wish you had the slowness back ....

    Hahah nice disclaimer eh ? Just make sure you can always get back to where you were before any changes (be that wirting down old settings / backups / whatever)
     
    daacon, Feb 3, 2006
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  3. Fiffy

    Fiffy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the response!
    I checked all the things mentioned and everthing looks fine...

    More suggestions anyone?
     
    Fiffy, Feb 4, 2006
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  4. olyteddy

    olyteddy Notebook Deity

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    Do you get more than 10 Mbs with wired Ethernet?
     
    olyteddy, Feb 4, 2006
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