On 10/01/2021 04:46, paul lee wrote:
> Where is my bottle-neck? I*thought*  with a gigabit connection I could get
over
> 100MB/s on a shared folder transfer over my network. I am doing this WiFi to
my
> ThinkPad laptop - hmmmm... maybe this old ThinkPad has a sucky WiFi card?
Maybe
> I should plug the laptop into ethernet and see what the transfer rates are
> then???

you said gigabit Ethernet and now you are saying Wifi?

Wifi is to put it bluntly, utter shit designed for morons. Especially on
laptops with no proper antennae.

I have NEVER gotten more than 10Mbps *actual transfer rate*  out of a
basic 2.4Ghz wifi link, even feet away from the router. Even when it
said it was connected at 65Mbps or 72Mbps.

Remember wifi is half duplex., Every time you send an ack back, it stops
the forward channel.

And if any other device is on the wlan, you are sharing the link speed
with that, too.

It is worse than old coaxial Ethernet was at 10Mbps. It is to put it
bluntly consumer crap for morons. Like StupidPhones™.


Using iwconfig I have watched connection rates and attenuation vary by
3:1 for no apparent reason whatsoever. Or simply stop working altogether
until reconnected. Yes, I have foil in all my walls and that makes for a
tricky wifi environment, but even so.




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