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Slow WIFI bandwidth

Hello - we have users in an office environment that connect via Cisco 1240AG access points, and we find that the performance of their backups and accessing network resources is severely degraded. If I change them over to 100-base Ethernet, and off of WIFI, they're speed increases 10 fold. I'm looking for ways to improve the WIFI speed, because this is the type of connection the users prefer.

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Damian Gardner

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Ok - I was afraid of that - that it was a limitation of both the hardware, as well as the shared access factor. Ok - thanks guys.

Craig Beck

The connection would run at 22Mbps total at best using 802.11g, and around 24Mbps using 802.11a. That's in a lab, with no other wifi devices in the area. Radio throughput is always stated for a wireless connection, although data throughput is significantly lower.

If you're shifting large amounts of data over the AP you'll see significantly slower speeds if multiple users are connected to the AP. Therefore it's not unusual for a wireless user to only see ~12Mbps data throughput at best, and even that's being optimistic.

Damian Gardner

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Whoops - I forgot to ask one thing - is there a way to force a user off of one WAP and onto another one?