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Maximun transfer speed over wifi (mbp 2011)

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WaterW0lf

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Feb 28, 2011
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I have the new MBP 2011.

What is the real/maximum speed of wifi transfer with it? And what router should I get to maximize the bandwidth?

I have a Wndr3700, but the 2,4GHZ band is dead, So I cant test it with it at the moment.
 
Im very much aware of that. I have a wndr3700, a N router, and d dir615 also a N router. But I have never got speeds over 7mb with my MBP. Should I not atleast get 10-12 mb/sek? Im talking megabyte per sec, not megabit. Just want to know what speed other gets.
 
I have had, according to the iStat Nano 25mb/s.

If that is Bits or Bytes, I am not sure.
 
I was sitting about 6 feet away from the router.

Routher is an AEBS running on 5Ghz N std wifi
 
Apple 26.2 said:
Do you have line of sight? How close are you to the router? Lots of things affect "real" speeds/throughput.
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Sitting right behind it. I can even touch it.

I know those who get speeds up to 16-17mb / sec. Megabyte per sec... I I cant get near of that, wireless...
 
WaterW0lf said:
Sitting right behind it. I can even touch it.

I know those who get speeds up to 16-17mb / sec. Megabyte per sec... I I cant get near of that, wireless...
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Waterwolf,

i've got the same problem as you. I've just set up a windows 2008 server based box connected via giga ethernet to my n-router (Netgear CG3101D) which can supposedly chuck out 100MB/sec over gigabit ethernet (will confirm tonight). My 2011 MBP 17", sat 2m away can only seem to download at between 5-7mb/sec. Not very useful imho at these speeds. Considering Virgin is now offering this router with their new 100mb, I hope that the limiting factor here isn't their router... I have previously run a linksys wrt610n with custom firmware and got similar throughput (maxed at 6mb/sec) but that was when transferring from wifi laptop to wifi laptop, not ethernet to wifi (which should be noticeably faster afaik?)

Anyone else got anything to add? There must be something we can do to boost speeds, surely we should expect 20mb/sec from wireless-n??!

Sunil
 
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