wireless file transfer

[delboy13]

i have a netgear 834m wireless router and a netgear 311t pci card. i have 2 pcs one is wired to router and the other has the pci card. i have created a mapped drive which i can see on both pcs. and when i transfer files from the hard wired pc to wireless pc the fastest transfer speed i have got so far is 8.44mbs. the router is supposed to be upto 300mps. i was wondering is there a faster way to transfer files

 

[skeith]

Is your network card (hardwired one) a 10meg network card by any chance. also, ensure you know if speeds are mb/s or mB/s. 56kbps modem maxed out at 7kilobytes downloads.
thats to say, your 300mbits/s may max out at 37 megabytes/s

 

[lfc4ever]

Personally find it's much faster just to throw the files on external usb hdd, then stick it in the computer you want to transfer the files to.

 

[delboy13]

the network card is a realtek gigabit ethernet card

 

[zhinkler]

whats the speed on the wireless card? 11/54/108? etc

 

[delboy13]

wireless card speed is 300mbps

 

[zhinkler]

are there any obstructions like walls, furniture etc between the lappy and the router..have you tried transferring via the wired method to see transfer rate.
just to isolate the problem.

 

[delboy13]

on the weekend i will try moving my router about to see if that makes a difference

 

[zhinkler]

no probs, let us know how you get on.

 

[SeanMac]

You need an 802.11N card in your computer to match the router. Your PCI card is an 802.11g card - 8MB/s is ok.