Wireless bandwidth... HP or Vista's fault?

[Ryan P.]

I've got an DV6308 with Vista Home Premium installed... the wireless
adapter is a Broadcom rated at 54Mb, and the LAN is a typical 10/100.

The problem I'm having is that transferring anything over the network is
interminably slow. Whether I go over the wireless, or plug a cable into
the router, the throughout seems to be about 2MB/s. This holds true for
one large file, or many small ones.

I know I'm not going to get the theoretical 6.75MB/s, but 2? With my
old Compaq R3000 with XP Pro, I would average about 4MB/s. Same router.

Is this another manifestation of the known Vista file handling issues?
Is it the hardware?

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Ryan

 

[Barry Watzman]

I think what you are seeing is absolutely typical. I usually figure the
upper limit of reality is about 1/3 of the theoretically possible
maximum bandwidth.


Ryan P. wrote:
> I've got an DV6308 with Vista Home Premium installed... the wireless
> adapter is a Broadcom rated at 54Mb, and the LAN is a typical 10/100.
>
> The problem I'm having is that transferring anything over the network is
> interminably slow. Whether I go over the wireless, or plug a cable into
> the router, the throughout seems to be about 2MB/s. This holds true for
> one large file, or many small ones.
>
> I know I'm not going to get the theoretical 6.75MB/s, but 2? With my
> old Compaq R3000 with XP Pro, I would average about 4MB/s. Same router.
>
> Is this another manifestation of the known Vista file handling issues?
> Is it the hardware?
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ryan

 

[the wharf rat]

In article <hhrlp3$br2$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
Ryan P. <rdeletepaque@wi.rr.comm> wrote:
>
>Any suggestions?
>
You might be taking errors on the interface... Try using perfmon
to look at recieve and send errors on the interface(s).