At 802.11b speed, that's 11 megabits per seond tops. If it can't get a good signal it will slow down.
I don't see any issue here, but do see some writing is needed to see how long a file will take at 11 mbps (million bits per second).
And you don't get 11mbps if you use Explorer to do that copy. There is a lot more bytes flung about so let's try 1/2 that or 5 mbps on 1 GB of data?
At 5 mbps and 2 GB to toss (1 GB is just the file, the protocols and such almost double it), I get 2000 KB divided by 0.5 kBps (kilobytes per second) or 4,000 seconds. That's 67 minutes so that's about right.
No software will increase 802.11b speed.
Bob
I have a problem with the speed of my 802.11b home network ...
I have 2 PCs (XP home & XP pro) linked to a wireless router which seem to give very slow file transfer - it takes 1 - 1.5 hours to transfer a 1GB file.
I had trouble getting the network connected with just TCPIP but it worked fine once I installed NetBIOS. There doesn't seem to be a problem with the signal strength (usually very high or excellent) and I don't know anything about settings, etc. which might affect the file transfer speed.
Does anyone have any ideas, or possibly some software which would help me to identify problems/bottlenecks?
Thanks.
Chris.

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