What is expected throughput for 802.11G?

I replaced my wired Linksys cable router with a wireless on (WRT54G)
and put a WMP54G PCI card in my system in the other bedroom. The wire
that previously connected them was a 50 footer and had a lot of extra
length. The point to point distance of the 2 computers is about 25
feet.

On big files transfers between systems, I'm getting 6-8 Mbps, a far
cry from 54 Mbps. I have tried all the channels and moved the antenna
around on the PCI card. I can get as low as 2 Mbps.

I have a laptop with a Belkin 802.11B PC card that's almost as fast at
max and never as slow as 2Mbps

Is this normal?

Are you using both the b and g client together?

802.11g networks slow down because they are designed to automatically go
into "protected mode" in the presence of a B client.



"Oliver Costich" <olc-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I replaced my wired Linksys cable router with a wireless on (WRT54G)
> and put a WMP54G PCI card in my system in the other bedroom. The wire
> that previously connected them was a 50 footer and had a lot of extra
> length. The point to point distance of the 2 computers is about 25
> feet.
>
> On big files transfers between systems, I'm getting 6-8 Mbps, a far
> cry from 54 Mbps. I have tried all the channels and moved the antenna
> around on the PCI card. I can get as low as 2 Mbps.
>
> I have a laptop with a Belkin 802.11B PC card that's almost as fast at
> max and never as slow as 2Mbps
>
> Is this normal?