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Possible cause(s) of slow transfer on home network?

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 20265086 views
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Problem

I have the following home network setup: ZyXEL P-2602HW-D1A Router Ubuntu 10.04 Server: Ethernet card 100Mbps, directly connected to router Configured with SFTP server Windows XP Professional SP3: WIFI card 54Mbps Using SmartFTP to transfer files over SFTP When I hover my mouse over the connection …

Error Output

(54Mbps / 1 Byte) - overhead ≈ 5MB/s

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Wi-Fi overhead is typically 50%. You based your calculation on a data rate you said you weren't getting. You didn't convert between mega and Mebi. The tool you were using was likely only reporting the data rate at which your client was transmitting,…

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