Networking iBook & PC


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So I have my iBook & PC networked with each other wirelessly (see network diagram) but I get not-so-good transfer rates either way considering I have a 802.11G Router and my iBook has Airport Extreme. Just to test out the network speed, I just transferred a 770MB file in 6 minutes 13 seconds.

I was thinking maybe there is more efficient way of transferring files back & forth ? Like making my Desktop an FTP server and using an FTP client on my iBook ? Any more ideas ?

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So I have my iBook & PC networked with each other wirelessly (see network diagram) but I get not-so-good transfer rates either way considering I have a 802.11G Router and my iBook has Airport Extreme. Just to test out the network speed, I just transferred a 770MB file in 6 minutes 13 seconds.

I was thinking maybe there is more efficient way of transferring files back & forth ? Like making my Desktop an FTP server and using an FTP client on my iBook ? Any more ideas ?

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First off... damn that is a sweet diagram. What program did you use to make it?

Second... 802.11g is not good for transferring large files. We have an Airport Extreme here at work and transferring files from my PowerBook (all 802.11G) to our OS X server was incredibly slow... I had to transfer 2GB of video and files and I ended up just hooking up to a 100mbit cable because it was so much faster. I wouldn't really expect anything faster than what you were getting previously.

First off... damn that is a sweet diagram. What program did you use to make it?

Second... 802.11g is not good for transferring large files. We have an Airport Extreme here at work and transferring files from my PowerBook (all 802.11G) to our OS X server was incredibly slow... I had to transfer 2GB of video and files and I ended up just hooking up to a 100mbit cable because it was so much faster. I wouldn't really expect anything faster than what you were getting previously.

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Thanks, I used MS Visio for that diagram.

I was hoping to get around 10Mbps speed atleast considering Wireless G is supposed to provide practical speeds of upto 27-30Mbps. So I guess this is the most efficient way :unsure:

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