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What is your Transmit Rate for 802.11N?

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micleeso

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I am trying to determine if my WIFI connection is achieving 802.11N class. I have a Netgear WNR854T router set for 300Mbit (N only) speeds. My Macbook reports a transmit rate of 130. I assume that means the networks current theoretical maximum transmission rate is 130Mbit/sec.

I measured a binary file transfer @ 6.5 - 6.9MB/Sec or roughly 54Mbit/sec. I assumed N class would be much faster such as 270Mbit. I have been bench testing this with the router 5 feet away.

The question I have is what rate are you reporting? (hold option key down and click on your WIFI fan on your menu bar.) I am trying to determine if my router or mac book is malfunctioning or is this 130 correct?


My mac reports:
Channel 11
RSSI: -35
Transmit rate: 130
I have 801.11 A/B/G/N in network utility
 
It looks like that router is only 2.4 Ghz. You're only going to get 130Mbit connection from it. Your transfer speed seems a little low but what was the connection on the other side?
 
I get 300 from across the room to my AEBS. Mine is also set to N only, 5GHz. Channel 36, RSSI -43 if that helps any.
 
What router

What router are you using, I will be shopping around...
I will need one that would allow custom routes. Thanks in advance.
 
Darge13 said:
It looks like that router is only 2.4 Ghz. You're only going to get 130Mbit connection from it. Your transfer speed seems a little low but what was the connection on the other side?
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1Gbit file server. What router do you recommend?
 
jdaniel said:
no point starting a new thread...

So i have a DIR 825... i have N and G i am on mixed mode.

I followed instructions here: http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=3444.0

weird thing is when I am on 5ghz...I my transmit rate is 54 ????????? and when I am on 2.4 my transmit rate is 130?????

Some advice to fix this?

THANKS !!!
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ok so i rechecked my settings and found some errors but I have 2 named connections 2.4 and 5ghz.. I made sure the 2.4 is g only and 5 is N only but I am still getting a ****** speed..
 

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where are you when getting these numbers?
5GHz is really bad about going through things, compared to 2.4.

in my old apartment, i used to get a stronger 2.4 in certain rooms, even though i was closer to the 5 base station. because the 5 went through more walls.
 
waw74 said:
where are you when getting these numbers?
5GHz is really bad about going through things, compared to 2.4.

in my old apartment, i used to get a stronger 2.4 in certain rooms, even though i was closer to the 5 base station. because the 5 went through more walls.
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but the max i was getting was 54..... for 2.4 and 5.. i am only getting 100s but i read from that forums i can possibly be getting up to 300, i only have one wooden door separating my room and router.
 
jdaniel said:
i only have one wooden door separating my room and router.
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wireless travels basicaly in a straight line, so it can also depend on the angle it's going through the wall, if your computer and the router are on opposite sides of the same wall, but at different ends, if you drew a line, it would be like going through a 10 foot thick wall.
 
waw74 said:
wireless travels basicaly in a straight line, so it can also depend on the angle it's going through the wall, if your computer and the router are on opposite sides of the same wall, but at different ends, if you drew a line, it would be like going through a 10 foot thick wall.
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not really its a str8 line through a wooden door. and I am getting really sucky speeds

http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=3444.0

they mentioned something about compatibility of chips... i will try sitting next to it.. i bet I wont get any much faster I will post back
 
lexvo said:
150 is the max for WiFi-N 2.4 GHz

Are you sure you are on 5GHz? Then the max should be 300 (in good conditions of course).
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yeah am sure. it sucks..I am in the next room with only a wooden door separating the signal and for both 2.4 and 5 I am getting only 40ish% signal as shown by iStumbler.

ok for the first time I saw a 200 ish transmit rate but it went away as soon as it came..I went right infront of the d-link DIR825 and the signal was still low hardly changed... so I wonder if my hardware is faulty..as in the router.
 
jdaniel said:
yeah am sure. it sucks..I am in the next room with only a wooden door separating the signal and for both 2.4 and 5 I am getting only 40ish% signal as shown by iStumbler.

ok for the first time I saw a 200 ish transmit rate but it went away as soon as it came..I went right infront of the d-link DIR825 and the signal was still low hardly changed... so I wonder if my hardware is faulty..as in the router.
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Interesting I am on 2.4 but by transmitrate is about 100 and my link speed 217 with the newest gen time capsule
 
maril1111 said:
Interesting I am on 2.4 but by transmitrate is about 100 and my link speed 217 with the newest gen time capsule
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2.4 i get 130 usually.. whats link speed?

5 its really weird sometimes its worse..sometimes i dont even see my 5ghz signal.......just not there.... I am gonna swap my modem see if that helps..
 
you'll get 130 using standard channels on 802.11A or B/G. If you are channel bonding you can get 300. Some routers running on B/G will bond 2 channels giving you 300. Not all of them do.
 
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