I just ran this speedtest over wi-fi. My adaptor is showing 300Mbps
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results.html...
I just checked Inssider and that's showing I'm connected on 2.4GHz 40MHz bandwidth.

Edited by deleted (Thu 20-Feb-14 21:05:48)

and router?

sorry realised sounded rude so changed the post

Edited by deleted (Thu 20-Feb-14 22:50:54)

That was my old TP link TL1043ND working as a WAP.

Looks like this http://uk.tp-link.com/resources/images/press/tl-1043...

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In reply to a post by BatBoy:

I just checked Inssider and that's showing I'm connected on 2.4GHz 40MHz bandwidth.

How many other networks on same or crossed channels ? Or how many faulty microwaves nearby, or airport radar

WiFi is great a lot of the time, its just not perfect all the time

2 co-channel networks
4 overlapping networks

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

NO

The 300 Meg, is actually 150 Meg in one direction PLUS 150 Meg in the other

This isn't right. The max MCS rate is Tx or Rx specific.

In reply to a post by Apriliamgt:

Well i got a 300meg wireless n adaptor . Is there no way of getting that speed through wireless

When conducting a few tests at work the maximum I've managed to get from a 5Ghz 802.11n AP is about 150Mbps, which isn't too bad... This was from an £120 AP... Even more expensive wireless systems were slightly less, but of course come into their own when talking about multiple APs, but that isn't appropriate for a home environment.

Wireless interference is an overrated phenomenon most of the time imho... In a house the intended AP is likely to be fairly close and neighbouring APs shouldn't cause too many problem, if they do, then adding an AP onto each floor usually mitigates that.

I'd still take 100Mbps wired over that, even if 1Gbps wasn't available, because it is just much more stable.

It's possible, but I don't know about your specific hardware.

In my office, my MacBook Pro sustains a steady 75-85 Mbps receive throughput with a Technicolor TG582n (many on here say its wireless is [censored]) and a chock a block spectrum. This is plain old 2.4ghz 20Mhz.

Quote from Wicki

USB 3 gives a signaling speed of 5 Gbit/s and a usable data rate of up to 4 Gbit/s (500 MB/s).

So all the sellers of USB equipment quote the upto 5Gb/s but that is the theoretical burst speed. Also similar to the data transfer rate on hard drives. The max speed is never attainable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11n-2009

But close enough to each other that I don't feel bad for an off the top of the head response.