Comments for Why isn't my wireless operating at full speed?

Comment from Michael Horowitz on 2008-12-16

2008-12-16T18:34:54Z

This excellent article, oriented to WiFi N, provides some more information on this topic:

5 Ways To Fix Slow 802.11n Speed
Tim Higgins December 10, 2008
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30664/228/

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Comment from Chris Buechler on 2008-12-12

2008-12-13T01:24:11Z

This article has a very good explanation of this.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2003/08/08/wireless_throughput.html

The best you can possibly get through your "54" Mbps wireless is actually ~27 Mbps.

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Comment from KP-TECH on 2008-12-12

2008-12-12T21:58:58Z

All wireless protocols contain a lot of overhead. That is to say, much of the advertised speed is used for things like keeping the link active, sending/receiving acknowledgements, etc. In fact, even when conditions are ideal, only about 50% of the total bandwidth is available for user data. That means the actual throughput you will experiece will be something less than half of the advertised speed, and could be much slower dependion upon such factors as described by Leo in his answer.

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Comment from cwd on 2008-12-12

2008-12-12T20:01:00Z

I am under the impression that wireless 'N' has a top speed of 300mb. I have a Linksys WRT300N router and a Dell laptop with a draft N card, but no matter how I position the router and laptop I am not able to get the 300mb speed, any suggestions?

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