802.11g real world speed

I'm getting around 16-17 Mbit/s transfer rate between two 800MHz PCs
over 802.11g compared to 65-70Mbit/s for a 100Mbit/s wired link. I was
surprised at how slow the wireless is given the theoretical 54Mbit/s.
The link quality is 100% and the advertised rate is 54.

(The transfer rates are as measured by Win XPs n/w speed graph)

Anyone else care to comment on the speeds they're getting wired vs
wireless.


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>I'm getting around 16-17 Mbit/s transfer rate between two 800MHz PCs
>over 802.11g compared to 65-70Mbit/s for a 100Mbit/s wired link. I was
>surprised at how slow the wireless is given the theoretical 54Mbit/s.
>The link quality is 100% and the advertised rate is 54.

Sounds about right to me. I get about 20 on my 11g connection, and about 5 on
an 11b.

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bof wrote:
>
> I'm getting around 16-17 Mbit/s transfer rate between two 800MHz PCs
> over 802.11g compared to 65-70Mbit/s for a 100Mbit/s wired link.

Have you compared the speeds over a direct link (no AP) and AP link?

"bof" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm getting around 16-17 Mbit/s transfer rate between two 800MHz PCs over
> 802.11g compared to 65-70Mbit/s for a 100Mbit/s wired link. I was
> surprised at how slow the wireless is given the theoretical 54Mbit/s. The
> link quality is 100% and the advertised rate is 54.
>
> (The transfer rates are as measured by Win XPs n/w speed graph)
>
> Anyone else care to comment on the speeds they're getting wired vs
> wireless.
>

I consistanly get 48 - 54 mbps. Drops ocassionaly, but it's perfectly
useable.

Belkin ADSL modem/router and Belkin 54g PC cards.

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bof wrote:
>
> I'm getting around 16-17 Mbit/s transfer rate between two 800MHz PCs
> over 802.11g compared to 65-70Mbit/s for a 100Mbit/s wired link. I was
> surprised at how slow the wireless is given the theoretical 54Mbit/s.
> The link quality is 100% and the advertised rate is 54.
>
> (The transfer rates are as measured by Win XPs n/w speed graph)
>
> Anyone else care to comment on the speeds they're getting wired vs
> wireless.
>
>

I get near bugger all, I counted myself lucky to get 9/10 recently, but
then I was having a lot of trouble with the direction of my PCI card in
relation to the router it was connecting to.

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Secret S wrote:
> "bof" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:H$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>I'm getting around 16-17 Mbit/s transfer rate between two 800MHz PCs over
>>802.11g compared to 65-70Mbit/s for a 100Mbit/s wired link. I was
>>surprised at how slow the wireless is given the theoretical 54Mbit/s. The
>>link quality is 100% and the advertised rate is 54.
>>
>>(The transfer rates are as measured by Win XPs n/w speed graph)
>>
>>Anyone else care to comment on the speeds they're getting wired vs
>>wireless.
>>
>
>
> I consistanly get 48 - 54 mbps. Drops ocassionaly, but it's perfectly
> useable.
>
> Belkin ADSL modem/router and Belkin 54g PC cards.
>

Are you sure that's the actual transfer speed your getting, or is it (as
I suspect) just what the connection details say you're connected at?


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Salem <a$-b$(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>bof wrote:
>>
>> I'm getting around 16-17 Mbit/s transfer rate between two 800MHz PCs
>> over 802.11g compared to 65-70Mbit/s for a 100Mbit/s wired link.
>
>Have you compared the speeds over a direct link (no AP) and AP link?

No, not possible, as I've only a single PC card and single WAP.

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In message <4173e415$0$22748$(E-Mail Removed)>, Secret S
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>
>"bof" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:H$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> I'm getting around 16-17 Mbit/s transfer rate between two 800MHz PCs over
>> 802.11g compared to 65-70Mbit/s for a 100Mbit/s wired link. I was
>> surprised at how slow the wireless is given the theoretical 54Mbit/s. The
>> link quality is 100% and the advertised rate is 54.
>>
>> (The transfer rates are as measured by Win XPs n/w speed graph)
>>
>> Anyone else care to comment on the speeds they're getting wired vs
>> wireless.
>>
>
>I consistanly get 48 - 54 mbps. Drops ocassionaly, but it's perfectly
>useable.
>
>Belkin ADSL modem/router and Belkin 54g PC cards.

My 16-17 is via a Netgear WAP and card

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I believe that a point-to-point wireless connection can theoretically
use the full available bandwidth (54Mbps), but with a connection via an
AP, the limit is half that (the wireless bandwidth is shared by traffic
A<==>AP and AP<==>B. I don't have any measured figures.

If an ADSL connection is involved. the wireless network does not limit
the speed -- ADSL is much slower.

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Michael Salem wrote:
> I believe that a point-to-point wireless connection can theoretically
> use the full available bandwidth (54Mbps), but with a connection via an
> AP, the limit is half that (the wireless bandwidth is shared by traffic
> A<==>AP and AP<==>B. I don't have any measured figures.
>
> If an ADSL connection is involved. the wireless network does not limit
> the speed -- ADSL is much slower.
>

It can actually limit the speed, but only if the quality of the signal
connection drops to way, way below standard levels of course.

I noticed this at home, for some reason (neither the PC or the wireless
router had moved) I started getting an absolutely terrible connection
that affected use of ADSL, it cropped up while playing a game online.
Moving the router and the PCI card helped get things back to normal (ie.
well above 1mbit transfer again), but I still don't have the connection
strength I had to start with, or the connection strength I can get from
a laptop with PC card (all Netgear). Annoying.

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