Resolved Wireless is much slower than ethernet

Wifi g has a max rate of 54mbps. (on paper only) There are other factors that affect transmission & reception: interference, signal strength, drivers, etc.

The connection icon usually reports inaccurate data because in actuality, the rate changes every second. It may say "connected at 54 mbps, but in reality the connection may be 29mbps.

Also, every wifi device in the line reduces the rate by about 50%. For example, the access point may be connected at 40mbps. The adapter's connection to the AP becomes about 20mbps. Even if you have a wifi router, the access point in that router has an internal connection to the router, and that connection is not the same rate as the router's connection.

I have a wifi n router but have a wifi g adapter, thus my connection cannot get wifi n rates, which are much higher than wifi g. Currently, my connection states 48mbps. Per speedtest.net, my transfer rates are:

Download: 21.55mbps
Upload: 11.98mbps

The same test on a wired connection is:
Download: 117.71mbps
Upload: 11.92mbps

 

One more thing: The connection rate from the computer to the router or access point is only for your local network. That means transfers to and from other computers on your local network can potentially travel at the stated rates, but rarely will be at the connection rate that is displayed in the network icon. The other computers' operating systems, software, settings affect the rates.

For www transfers, the rates are controlled by the server hosting the file(s), the routers that transfers pass through in the routes, your ISP, etc. Your ISP can provide 100mbps only on their own network, they cannot control the rates of servers outside their network, e.g. the rest of the Internet & www.

 

SpywareDr

Most access points have the channel default set to 6 or 7. That's why I always set the channels on access points to 1 or 11. These channels have the least amount of possible overlap.