Components of the setup -
1) PC with a gigabit LAN port connected to the router through a LAN cable (Cat 5.e)
2) Laptop with an 802.11ac wireless card connected to the router wirelessly
3) Router - Netgear R6220
Have 4 gigabit ports
AC1200 i.e (300+867)mbps
As only one band is used at a time, theoretical max copying speed should be 867/8=108MBps between any 2 PCs
Now I just copied 5GB a file from the PC to the laptop and the copying speed was 52mbps - almost half of the theoretical speed.
This looks bad. Is it bad ? Are the calculations correct ? Am I doing anything wrong ?
Drivers are up to date for all the 3 devices. Everything has been setup properly. The only thing I can improve upon is the cable connecting the PC to the router. I can upgrade to Cat 6. Don't know if it will help much
If I change the setup a little by connecting even the laptop with the LAN cable to the router, and copy some files, I get 90MBps+ speed, which is quite close to the theoretical speed.
I wonder if this is possible for the wireless connection too.
Do let me know what you guys think. I hope this post is clear in expressing my problem and my limited knowledge on the topic. Please do ask if anything is unclear
1) PC with a gigabit LAN port connected to the router through a LAN cable (Cat 5.e)
2) Laptop with an 802.11ac wireless card connected to the router wirelessly
3) Router - Netgear R6220
Have 4 gigabit ports
AC1200 i.e (300+867)mbps
As only one band is used at a time, theoretical max copying speed should be 867/8=108MBps between any 2 PCs
Now I just copied 5GB a file from the PC to the laptop and the copying speed was 52mbps - almost half of the theoretical speed.
This looks bad. Is it bad ? Are the calculations correct ? Am I doing anything wrong ?
Drivers are up to date for all the 3 devices. Everything has been setup properly. The only thing I can improve upon is the cable connecting the PC to the router. I can upgrade to Cat 6. Don't know if it will help much
If I change the setup a little by connecting even the laptop with the LAN cable to the router, and copy some files, I get 90MBps+ speed, which is quite close to the theoretical speed.
I wonder if this is possible for the wireless connection too.
Do let me know what you guys think. I hope this post is clear in expressing my problem and my limited knowledge on the topic. Please do ask if anything is unclear
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