For the last few years I have used a Belkin wireless router model F5D8233-4 Version 4000 for our home network. (We have HughesNet as our ISP.) As I had only a b/g/n WiFi card in my notebook I set the router to g/n mode at 20Mhz. I use WPA2 / AES.
Due to some connection issues with my Motorola Xoom after the last OS upgrade and in preparation for going to a FO provider in the near future I upgraded our router to a Linksys E3200 dual band.
I also upgraded my notebook WiFi card to an Intel Pro 4965 b/g/n card and set both bands on the E3200 to n only.
Using totusoft.com LAN Speed Test the best I have ever got with my notebook (about a foot from the router) is about 32.2Mbps up and 26.5Mbps down when writing to a jump drive on the E3200. Usually it is about 5-10 Mbps slower when the notebook is a few rooms away.
I upgraded my wife’s notebook to an Atheros AR9285 b/g/n card.
It will pretty consistently get about 32Mbps up and 28Mbps down regardless of where it is in the house.
Both of these cards are 2.4Ghz cards.
I did some changes and re-ran the tests to get the best results.
I am currently using channel 11, 20Mhz and N only.
I would think that I should get much higher LAN transfer speeds.
What am I missing?
The only two devices we currently have that are 5Ghz are my wife’s iPad2 and my Motorola Xoom.
Neither of them really do well on the 5Ghz band and most of the time the Xoom says, “XXXX not in range.” I am thinking of just disabling the the 5Ghz for now.
Thanks
James
Due to some connection issues with my Motorola Xoom after the last OS upgrade and in preparation for going to a FO provider in the near future I upgraded our router to a Linksys E3200 dual band.
I also upgraded my notebook WiFi card to an Intel Pro 4965 b/g/n card and set both bands on the E3200 to n only.
Using totusoft.com LAN Speed Test the best I have ever got with my notebook (about a foot from the router) is about 32.2Mbps up and 26.5Mbps down when writing to a jump drive on the E3200. Usually it is about 5-10 Mbps slower when the notebook is a few rooms away.
I upgraded my wife’s notebook to an Atheros AR9285 b/g/n card.
It will pretty consistently get about 32Mbps up and 28Mbps down regardless of where it is in the house.
Both of these cards are 2.4Ghz cards.
I did some changes and re-ran the tests to get the best results.
I am currently using channel 11, 20Mhz and N only.
I would think that I should get much higher LAN transfer speeds.
What am I missing?
The only two devices we currently have that are 5Ghz are my wife’s iPad2 and my Motorola Xoom.
Neither of them really do well on the 5Ghz band and most of the time the Xoom says, “XXXX not in range.” I am thinking of just disabling the the 5Ghz for now.
Thanks
James