Re: I'm a CCNA but can't figure out why my Wireless Internet connection is so slow...
On Jan 24, 3:41 am, dotan...@yahoo.com wrote:
> I'm back with my IPerf results.
>
>
> Internet was out of the game.
> Both computers wired: 92.6 Mbits/sec
> 1 wireless (server) and 1 wired (client): 19 Mbits/second. The
> reported connection speed at that time was 54 Mb/s.
>
> Unfortunately, I didn't have the 2nd wireless card with me so I
> couldn't run the test with both computers connected to the access
> point.
>
> So if I understand correctly (based on field experience :-) ), that
> proves that my router and access points are just fine. Is there an
> unusual overhead for packets from the web that are destined to a
> wireless client?
50% is an often quoted as a rule of thumb for the overhead on wireless
links
so around 20 Mbs is in the right ballpark |