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zaphoduk

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?

kee-lo_

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

seb21__

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

zaphoduk

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.

febs

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?

seb21__

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

it should

zaphoduk

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.

seb21__

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: