Slooow network transfers

[Ruijin97]

Hi everyone! I've been experiencing some VERY slow network transfer speeds. A one gig file takes 10 minutes! Windows reports I transfer at only 1.6mb/s. I have the tplink wdr3600 router (300mb/s) and I have 300mb/s wireless cards and I run Windows 7. I can't seem to be able to figure out what's the problem. Any help would be appreciated.

[rufee]

There could be interference try changing the wireless channel.

Try restarting the router TP-Link's have a tendency to hang after a while.

[Ruijin97]

unfortunately changing the channel or restarting the router doesnt seem to have done anything. any other tips??

[Chibi]

Is your computer close to the router?

Walls, bookcases etc can degrade your speed if they are in the way.

[Austin Powers]

Try resetting your router to default gateway? I'm a lazy guy so I go for that :). If you're hardworking enough, see if there is someone touch the QoS section or not. Nevermind just check the activity logs. Hope it helps.

[Blake]

Generally windows report in MBps wil the transfer of the wifi is reported in Mbps, so you looking @ a transfer speed of around 12Mbps.

Here are some steps you can try:

1. Power cycle computers and modem/wireless AP (i say this as you want to clear the DHCP server of everything, and flush any capacitors that have any juice in them that shouldn't.

2. Move the computer NEXT to the Access point, and test again (Check the RCI rating, closer to 0 the better, but generally you will never get that, the RCI is basically the signal strength/clarity, if the is low (i.e. -1 < 0) the you have an interference or distance issue).

3. if you are extending a wifi network through wifi, just don't it is a terrible idea in terms of through put.

4. Connect via Ethernet and check the transfer speeds there.

5. Set up an FTP server on the source computer and check the speeds there.

6. Attempt to copy the file to a different partition on the source machine.

This should help you isolate the issue down to the offending part.

[99vw]

If you haven't already, make sure the channel width is set to 40mhz for the highest throughput.