Using Asus Network Adapter for better file transfer

[420puffpuff]

Hello guys.

Im building  new PC and Im thinking about making it a file server for my home and remote access.

 

I tested file transfer on my home network via WiFi with two laptops and speed was about 3-4MB/s.

 

Is a device like this https://www.asus.com/Networking/PCEAC68/ in my new PC going to make better WiFi speed for file transfer in my home network?

[191x7]

What WIFI standard are you using in your network? Wireless N? Wireless AC? Or something older like Wireless B/G?

Sounds to me like you're using Wireless G which connects at 54 Mbps making it effectively 27 Mbps in one direction, that would result with transfers of roughly 3.4 MB/s.

[mariushm]

The devices on each end must be capable of reaching the higher speeds.

 

You may buy that Asus network adapter which can use 2 or 3 antennas to achieve up to 1300 mbps on 5 ghz (by transferring data through multiple channels at the same time) but if your router has only one antenna and can only communicate through just one channel (like let's say max 300 mbps) then your ethernet card will work at 300 mbps using only one of the three antennas.

Also, if your router or modem or whatever you have in the house can only talk on 2.4 ghz, then the Asus ethernet card can only work at up to 600 mbps, IF the router/modem/whatever on other end can also use multiple channels and antennas to achieve 600 mbps.

 

The speed will vary with the distance between your router/modem/whatever and network card and how many walls and how thick they are and what other devices you may have in your house that could interfere with the signal quality and how many other networks are around your router/modem/whatever

 

Also note that if you only tested by copying a file from one computer to another using network share or something like that, you can get much higher speeds using a FTP server and downloading multiple files at the same time. Single file transfers can be slower due to latency

[420puffpuff]

My Router is Speedport W 724V Type Ci 11ac. Which I believe works on 5ghz.

I tested a tipical W10 file share.

 

[191x7]

21 minutes ago, 420puffpuff said:

My Router is Speedport W 724V Type Ci 11ac. Which I believe works on 5ghz.

I tested a tipical W10 file share.

 

Enter its settings and change the wifi to use only 40MHz 5GHz Wireless AC on a channel that's not saturated (check with Wifi Analyzer on your phone). Connect both laptops using Wireless AC.

If your laptops and other devices do not support AC, use N on the Router and connect everything over N.

[mariushm]

Here's the datasheet for that router: https://media.telekom.ro/images/docs/Legal_docs/Mobile/Specificatie_tehnica_CPE_DSL_Sercomm_W724v.pdf

 

So the datasheet says

 

Supports maximum 802.11 b/g/n

Works at 2.4ghz or 5ghz , but maximum 2x2 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless selectable ... so if you get a network card with 3 antennas and ability to use 3 channels at same time, it won't help because the router itself can use 2 antennas only. Your network card will work, but not at the maximum speed it can achieve.

Transmission rate : IEEE 802.11n: up to 300Mbps

 

So basically, no matter what network card you're gonna use, the maximum speed will be 300 mbps, which means around 150 mbps in either direction, or around 15-18 MB/s.

The Asus network card claims up to 300 mbps on 2.4 ghz or 600 mbps if you use 3 channels (which your speedport can't do), so your max speed would be 300 mbps.

 

If you insist on using wireless, one option would be to simply connect a wireless access point/router to your speedport through a 1gbps ethernet cable, and connect to the new wireless thing instead of directly to your speedport which can only handle slower speeds.

 

Something quite cheap that would work better for wireless for you in combination with that asus network card would be

D-Link AC1200 (DIR-842) : https://www.amazon.com/D-Link-AC1200-Wireless-WiFi-Router/dp/B00PVDVYIS/

300 mbps on 2.4 ghz, up to 867 mbps on 5 ghz , cheap

 

 

[420puffpuff]

11 hours ago, 191x7 said:

Enter its settings and change the wifi to use only 40MHz 5GHz Wireless AC on a channel that's not saturated (check with Wifi Analyzer on your phone). Connect both laptops using Wireless AC.

If your laptops and other devices do not support AC, use N on the Router and connect everything over N.

When I get home I will check it out.

 

11 hours ago, mariushm said:

Here's the datasheet for that router: https://media.telekom.ro/images/docs/Legal_docs/Mobile/Specificatie_tehnica_CPE_DSL_Sercomm_W724v.pdf

 

So the datasheet says

 

Supports maximum 802.11 b/g/n

Works at 2.4ghz or 5ghz , but maximum 2x2 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless selectable ... so if you get a network card with 3 antennas and ability to use 3 channels at same time, it won't help because the router itself can use 2 antennas only. Your network card will work, but not at the maximum speed it can achieve.

Transmission rate : IEEE 802.11n: up to 300Mbps

 

So basically, no matter what network card you're gonna use, the maximum speed will be 300 mbps, which means around 150 mbps in either direction, or around 15-18 MB/s.

The Asus network card claims up to 300 mbps on 2.4 ghz or 600 mbps if you use 3 channels (which your speedport can't do), so your max speed would be 300 mbps.

 

If you insist on using wireless, one option would be to simply connect a wireless access point/router to your speedport through a 1gbps ethernet cable, and connect to the new wireless thing instead of directly to your speedport which can only handle slower speeds.

 

Something quite cheap that would work better for wireless for you in combination with that asus network card would be

D-Link AC1200 (DIR-842) : https://www.amazon.com/D-Link-AC1200-Wireless-WiFi-Router/dwould actullyp/B00PVDVYIS/

300 mbps on 2.4 ghz, up to 867 mbps on 5 ghz , cheap

 

 

I insist on WiFi so I dont have to deal with cables on 2 floors, since I have about 5 devices that could potentially use my File server. Im trying to get the best of it.

About FTP, I would be using Linux so I would have to implement Samba.  Though I would like to check for those 15-18MB first with my default cards or adapters on current Windows laptop. Any preferred tutorial for the FTP?

 

About the router that you linked, you meant to swap it with my speedport or use as an access point?

 

So with access point I can make a second local Wireless network, and use my new PC as an FTP server with the Asus card for the better speed?

 

[420puffpuff]

I tried with the Filezilla. My speeds were 1.5MB/s

[Mikensan]

I would at least hardwire the desktop.

 

Low speeds like that indicate poor connection - if you're 1 floor up or a couple rooms away from the router, I would use 2.4GHZ. On your device you should be able to see your connection rate.