topic Re: VGN-A115S Wireless speed in PCs & Accessories

VGN-A115S Wireless speed

zaphoduk — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:07:31 GMT

I bought a VGN-A115S laptop last year and have used the Wi-Fi on it mainly for internet. The other week i was copying a large file from my desktop to my laptop over Wi-Fi and was puzzled as to how long it was taking.

When i moved my mouse to the properties of the Wi-Fi connection, it had an excellent signal strength but was only connected at 11mbps? According to the blurb, i should get a 54mbps connection using Wi-Fi.

I am using a D-Link wireless router which is 802.11g compatible so that is capable of 54mbps. I have no other Wi-Fi hardware so bandwidth isn't being snagged by anything else.

Anybody have any ideas why i'm only getting a 11mbps connection?

Re: VGN-A115S Wireless speed

kee-lo_ — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:09:24 GMT

Apparently metal insulation in council house walls can do this
But it can be cause by distance too

Re: VGN-A115S Wireless speed

seb21__ — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:11:50 GMT

Have checked your Wireless settings in Windows? Maybe you use the 802.11b standard. That could explain it too.

Re: VGN-A115S Wireless speed

zaphoduk — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:34:51 GMT

Both the laptop and my router have 11b, 11g and 11b/11g modes. I've got both set to 11g mode.

When the laptop first connects, it says it's connected at 54mpbs, as soon as i start to transfer a file, it drops to 11mbps.

The router is D-Link DSL-G604T and for the most part is on the same desk as the laptop, so about 2 feet away. Alternatively I use it on the sofa in the same room as the router and no more than 10-12 feet away.

It's gotten to the point now where when i want to copy files across to it, i have to Ethernet it up to the router which kinda defeats the object of the wireless connection.

Re: VGN-A115S Wireless speed

febs — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:06:07 GMT

I bought a VGN-A115S laptop last year and have used the Wi-Fi on it mainly for internet. The other week i was copying a large file from my DESKTOP to my laptop over Wi-Fi

Is the wireless adaptor that your desktop is using 11g compatable?

Re: VGN-A115S Wireless speed

seb21__ — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 03:41:20 GMT

Is the wireless adaptor that your desktop is using 11g compatable?

it should

Re: VGN-A115S Wireless speed

zaphoduk — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:29:57 GMT

My desktop isn't wireless, my router is. And the router is 11g compatible and is set to 11g as is the laptop.

Like i say, it initially connects at 54 but drops to 11mbps, in fact at one point last night it dropped to 5mbps. All this when the router was less than 5 feet away from the laptop with no walls in the way.

Re: VGN-A115S Wireless speed

seb21__ — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:05:35 GMT

I don't know what's wrong here. I know, if you connect two PCs via wireless Ad-hoc, then you can't use more than 11Mbits. But I don't think that is the point here..:smileyconfused:

Re: VGN-A115S Wireless speed

kee-lo_ — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:10:35 GMT

The drop happened to me

Do you have the settings in the card's control panel to use 100% power?