Wireless speeds vs. WLAN speeds? - Hardware & Software

Am I just being incredibly stupid or what? Wireless transfers through LAN I can get about 5-8MB/s Wireless downloads from Internet I get only about 100KB/s Wired I can download at 850KB/s max As far as I can see, nothing could be limiting my wireless download speeds, but something is.. What is it?

WLAN is local, data is sent from one place to another with limited traffic downloads from the internet go through different servers around the world, each with varying bandwidth.

[QUOTE=Ai_Aizawa;17027071]WLAN is local, data is sent from one place to another with limited traffic downloads from the internet go through different servers around the world, each with varying bandwidth.[/QUOTE] Downloading from my own server in London that I know nobody else is downloading from. Wired - 850KB/s (My max speed) W/Less - 100KB/s Also, speedtests: [img]http://www.speedtest.net/result/552262929.png[/img] [img]http://www.speedtest.net/result/552263726.png[/img]

[QUOTE=rieda1589;17027003] As far as I can see, nothing could be limiting my wireless download speeds, but something is.. What is it?[/QUOTE] Physics. Interference from pretty much everything - walls, air, microwaves, phones etc cause wireless signals to be lost and have to be sent again and again until you get them. This reduces greatly the amount of data that can be transmitted in any given length of time. The thread title is confusing too, WLAN means Wireless Local Area Network. I think you mean wired vs wireless speeds.

[QUOTE=Catdaemon;17027166]Physics. Interference from pretty much everything - walls, air, microwaves, phones etc cause wireless signals to be lost and have to be sent again and again until you get them. This reduces greatly the amount of data that can be transmitted in any given length of time..[/QUOTE] Then why are my Wireless LAN transfers not affected?

[QUOTE=rieda1589;17027213]Then why are my Wireless LAN transfers not affected?[/QUOTE] distance

[QUOTE=rieda1589;17027213]Then why are my Wireless LAN transfers not affected?[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=rieda1589;17027097] Wired - 850KB/s (My max speed) W/Less - 100KB/s[/QUOTE] I am now 100% confused sir.

[QUOTE=rieda1589;17027213]Then why are my Wireless LAN transfers not affected?[/QUOTE] Because lan is just right here, not kilometers away

Alright, I might have confused some people... LAN Transfers: Wired ~10MB/s Wireless ~7MB/s Internet Downloads: Wired ~850KB/s Wireless ~100KB/s Basically, Why can't my Wireless internet be as fast as my wired? It has the capability for it as seen in the LAN transfers. Internet servers aren't the problem, I'm testing from speedtest.net and my own server that has a constant 10MB/s up/down connection.

[QUOTE=rieda1589;17027361]Alright, I might have confused some people... LAN Transfers: Wired ~10MB/s Wireless ~7MB/s Internet Downloads: Wired ~850KB/s Wireless ~100KB/s Basically, Why can't my Wireless internet be as fast as my wired? It has the capability for it as seen in the LAN transfers. Internet servers aren't the problem, I'm testing from speedtest.net and my own server that has a constant 10MB/s up/down connection.[/QUOTE] wireless has to travel through open air with interference, no matter what the distance is and how fast your internet is wired is a constant data stream, no interference same thing with downloads off the internet, [b]distance[/b] and the bandwidth limits of the servers that the information is on affects your speeds

The point he's trying to make is that he can transfer files to other local computers over his wireless faster than he can download from the internet. The wireless connection between his computer and the router should not be the bottleneck due to the fact that local transfers over it are faster than his maximum download speed.

[QUOTE=yngndrw;17029445]The point he's trying to make is that he can transfer files to other local computers over his wireless faster than he can download from the internet. The wireless connection between his computer and the router should not be the bottleneck due to the fact that local transfers over it are faster than his maximum download speed.[/QUOTE] This.

I drew a cute (IMO) little diagram to explain it. The overall speeds should be the speed of the slowest part of the link. [img]http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6721/wirelessspeedproblem.png[/img]

[QUOTE=rieda1589;17027361]Alright, I might have confused some people... LAN Transfers: Wired ~10MB/s Wireless ~7MB/s Internet Downloads: Wired ~850KB/s Wireless ~100KB/s Basically, Why can't my Wireless internet be as fast as my wired? It has the capability for it as seen in the LAN transfers. Internet servers aren't the problem, I'm testing from speedtest.net and my own server that has a constant 10MB/s up/down connection.[/QUOTE] With wireless the router has to send out and receive data from elsewhere and then broadcast it wireless , with wlan the router takes the 10mb from some wired computer and then turns it into wireless which is why you have the 10mb to 7mb drop. Or something to this effect

While the overhead would explain a small drop, 850KB/s to 100KB/s is way too much for it to all be from the extra overhead.

Maybe there's a lot of radio where the OP lives?

If the information you're providing is correct, it sounds like your router is using some sort of QoS which is throttling your WLAN downstream speed, but only for packets coming from your WAN connection (Internet). Even that makes no sense, the varition in ping & upstream speeds is just too small for anything else I could think of. Or your router is shitty

I get the same speeds wired and wireless...

Those internet speeds make me cringe... How can you pay for such horrible speeds? I hope you don't pay more that a dollar a month for that. My speed for $29.95 a month: [img]http://www.speedtest.net/result/552427387.png[/img] As for wireless transfer of files, go Wireless N 300MB/s. It's faster than 10/100 LAN. Great for watching Blu-ray movies from my desktop to my laptop without it skipping, since my laptop only has an 8x dvd burner.

My wireless gets the full 10mb/s the same as my desktop. is your laptops adapter a/b/g/n ?

[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;17033265]Those internet speeds make me cringe... How can you pay for such horrible speeds? I hope you don't pay more that a dollar a month for that. My speed for $29.95 a month: [img]http://www.speedtest.net/result/552427387.png[/img] [/QUOTE] Not fair. The cheapest we have here is $45.99 for 16 mb/s. [B]Edit:[/B] Unless you bundle, then you get 50 mb/s for $50.

[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;17033265]Those internet speeds make me cringe... How can you pay for such horrible speeds? I hope you don't pay more that a dollar a month for that.[/QUOTE] I pay £10 a month for 20Mb/s, no usage caps and very cheap phone calls. Thing is, We can't get more than 7Mb/s due to our phone line being shitty, No fibre around here, etc. Oh also, For some reason if I move my netbook past the kitchen wall (nearer the router) I get full speed. Any distance behind it I get shitty speeds. I don't think it's a thick wall but anyways I'm going to re-route the router's aerial tomorrow so it's behind the kitchen wall, Hopefully that will help. Still don't understand how it's not affecting my wireless LAN speeds though.