wndr3700 throughput

[thope]

I am getting very high throughput with my wndr 3700. is it possible to get these results using any other router?


http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af291/rahulabbi/router/wndr-1.png

http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af291/rahulabbi/router/NewNetgearSpeedWDNR3700.png

http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af291/rahulabbi/router/wndr.png

 

[claykin]

Those are great transfer rates for wifi. Why look elsewhere? Netgear did a great job with this router.

I like how the Win 7 PC's had faster transfer speeds than the Mac.

 

[thope]

All the results are using a mac with a broadcom card for the one with the 270mb/s link rate and AR928X card for thr rest. does anyone think it can be higher with an intel based card?

 

[thope]

The reason i am looking for a different router with similar performance is because I want a single band router for my uncle's house.

 

[claykin]

All the resuls are using a mac with a broadcom card for the one with the 270mb/s link rate and AR928X card for thr rest. does anyone think it can be higher with a intel based card?

Probably not. Atheros makes the chipset thats inside the WNDR3700 so the client and router are talking EXACTLY the same language. Maybe hunt for a newer Atheros driver. That could help. Even if the Intel is better, it will only be marginally better. You are nearing the max throughput achievable with N300.

 

[thope]

I know what you are talking about dude. but I was in doubt as the speeds I posted are downlink. my uplink maxes out at 10 mbps. it's very strange as wndr3700 is also ar98XX based(same as my client) and has a 2X2 radio configuration according to snb preview.

What baffles me most is that the broadcom card is almost 3 years old. it came with the first macbook pro (BCM4321MC mac and BCM2055 tranciever) and even that can recieve ~ 15 MB and send ~ 13.

 

[claykin]

Have you looked for newer Atheros drivers?

This site is not run by Atheros, but they host drivers.

ftp://lizzi555.dyndns.org/Download/WLAN/Atheros/

 

[thope]

yes, I do have the latest drivers. it's very strange how a 3 year old card can generate that kind of performance and the routers are able to harness it now.

 

[occamsrazor]

Curious... are those tests with 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz? Particularly on the Mac performance one...

 

[thope]

All the screen shots are 5Ghz.

 

[beefy314]

How were you able to achieve those speeds? I am only getting up to 11.5MB/s from Pc to Mac

I have the following settings:

Macbook - connected via wifi on the 5ghz band
Netgear - set to up to 300mbps with WPA2-PSK [AES]
Pc - wired directly to netgear
Router to MacBook distance - around 10 feet within the same room

 

[Karlsbad]

I'd like to know some more setup details. Is this transferring files from a device wired to the router to a wireless device?

 

[bcwang]

FYI, I achieved 18.3MBps speeds with the E3000 connected with AE1000 at 5ghz band. It was sending or receiving data from wireless client to desktop machine connected to gigabit port.

I don't remember exactly whether it was sending or receiving data at that speed, but I do remember the speed was not symmetric and the 18.3MBps was the faster of the two.