but I thought it would go 300 Mbps
and 40 is alot lower then 300
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Browse All TopicsI set up my WNDR3700 Netgear and have it connected to my gigabit iomega home media server and macbook air
but I can't seem to get a transfer speed of more then 5 MB/s
according to this review it should be much faster
http://www.smallnetbuilder
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That is just maximum theoretical throughput. There is some overhead in network connections that takes up some of the other data - not to mention signal strength and other things.
Not to mention that specific router is "dual band" and their estimate of 350 mbps is actually a combined throughput if both wireless bands are operating at the same time. (top of page 5)
Is your bluetooth on? Apparently having that on and the wireless can take away a tiny bit of performance... of course, if you need to use the bluetooth, you're kind of limited there. But Apple does have an article for it, if you can try any of the solutions.
http://support.apple.com/k
I would also make sure your software is completely up to date using the Software Update. There have been a few updates here and there for some hardware that will improve performance as well.
You may also find this link useful for a few real world experience:
http://forums.whirlpool.ne
I have been able to get up to 11.4 MB peak which is the same as 91 Mb which is still no where near 300 Mb
does the macbook air have a 5 ghz wireless n card?
is there any way to make sure I am connecting using the 5 ghz connection? or is there a way to see at what rate I am connected? from the macbook air
on windows machines it will normally tell you the speed your connected at but I don't see that anywhere in OSX
What is the distance between your Macbook Air and Netgear WNDR3700?
Which OS X version are you using? Do you have another Macbook or iMac running at your home?
The slow performance seems to come from the network driver of your Macbook AIr.
From my findings, it seems that the network driver in your Macbook air is outdated and the driver restrict the speed of wireless network connection and make it not possible to run in 5 ghz mode (it is a bug, I think).
Try to locate a newer driver for wireless network and you shall be fine.
Source: http://forums.macrumors.co
According to the threads in a discussion forum, the update of OS X 10.5.8 has restricted the connection to 802.11n router. So, you are running at 802.11g now (automatically fall back to 802.11g as your router is operated in a dual mode of 802.11g / 802,11n). So, the speed is much lower than you expect.
Source: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com
I am still looking for a fix for the above and will keep you informed.
Maybe you can set your router to sue 5 GHz mode only as there is an article saying that there is interference between 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz for Macbook Air.
Source: http://www.macworld.com/ar
P.S. I do not own a Macbook and only had an old iMac (manufactured in 1998) which I did not use now. My answer above is just from my PC knowledge about Wifi.
I need the other antenna on because thats how my other devices like iphone and other computers hook up
this macbook air is the only device I have that is N as of right now
is there any settings you would recommend on the WNDR3700 Netgear to accomplish what your talking about but still allow my other devices to hook up?
If you will NOT run your Macbook Air with battery (i.e. no power adapter attached), you need NOT rollback the driver to the status of 10.5.7 as the driver issue only affect the network speed when no power adapter is attached.
In order to benchmark your Airport client speed of your Macbook Air, it is better that you go to http://speedtest.net/ to test your connection speed with battery and with power adapter.
From the attached review of a Netgear WNDR3700 (in Chinese only, sorry), it seems that you are using single antennae of your router (11Mb/s = 90Mbps). Besides, from the User manual, it says that in order to prevent interference from other devices, you need to set the router to Channels 1, 6, and 11.
Finally, according to a review of Macbook Air by engadget.com, Macbook air transferred data at about 3-4MBps, and your results of 11MBps is not bad at all. Of course, you got a much advanced router than D-Link Wireless N router.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/20
Furthermore, I locate a setting of Airport Express for enabling the "Use wide channels" option in the AirPort Utility when using the 5 GHz radio.
-> AirPort Utility > Manual Setup > Wireless tab > Wireless Options -> enable the "Use wide channels" option
Source: http://discussions.apple.c
I have no more idea and cannot test the results and there is no special setting of the router if you want to use a mixed mode of 801.11g and 802.11n.
Wish you get a boost in the performance of your iomega home media server.
"I have been able to get up to 11.4 MB peak which is the same as 91 Mb which is still no where near 300 Mb"
Like I already said... the 300Mbps is a COMBINED total of the two radios. So one system working on 2.4GHz and one other system working on 5GHz. You're not going to come anywhere near that.
Throughput of an 802.11n connection is typically 50-160 Mbps. But I wouldn't ever count on that 160 because it is merely theoretical.
Honestly if you're in the 90s... that is GOOD.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
http://80211n.com/80211n-s
so they are saying 150 Mb/s over 5Ghz
and 150 Mb/s over 2.4Ghz
on this review http://www.smallnetbuilder
when they talk about getting connected at 300Mb/s is their card connected over 5ghz and 2.4ghz at the same time?
can one actually transfer a file at 300Mb/s when one is connected at that speed
on the forum where they reviewed it they keep mentioning being connected at 300Mb/s
http://forums.smallnetbuil
It is the difference between a PC and a Mac. In Windows XP or Vista, it will show a theoretical value in the connection icon and it is not the actual speed of connection.
Maybe the Wifi N driver of Macbook Air is still draft N standard.
It is a compatibility issue between the router and your Macbook Air.
As explained earlier, you need to switch to 5Ghz N-only mode if you want higher speed. For details, please see http://forums.macrumors.co
But, you cannot do that due to the need to connect to iPhone and other device. There are interference between 2.4GHz and 5GHz and there are many home appliance which make use of the 2.4GHz such as indoor wireless telephone.
Your results is already good.
hmm wow look at these numbers
http://arstechnica.com/app
I am starting to think that this 90 Mb/s issue is a Apple issue not a netgear issue
What you should look is the figures in the second table below. The first table describes about the wired Gigabit LAN and LAN connection.
Connection GHz band Max Mbps MB/s Mbps Avg sec
802.11n-only 5 300 11 92 33
802.11a/n 5 300 11 92 34
802.11n-only 2.4 130 8.8 74 44
802.11b/g/n 2.4 130 9 75 45
Wireless g-to-n 2.4 130 2.1 18 174
UFO 802.11g 2.4 54 3.3 28 109
From the above, your results of 11MB/s should be OK.
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by: ack154Posted on 2009-10-23 at 17:49:19ID: 25650155
Well your 5 MB/s is about 40 Mbps... (mega bytes vs mega bits)... so it doesn't seem that awful to me compared to a lot of their charts.