Getting about 16-23MB/s when writing to a network drive over Wifi

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turtleattacks

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#3213790 3-Apr-2024 15:40

Thanks guys, I was nearly about to pull the trigger to buy new gear to help me solve the issue.

Saves me some hard earn cash and prevents e-waste.

Would SMB the only protocol to share files between W10 and Mac?

Or can I try to run Linux on that PC?

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#3213792 3-Apr-2024 15:49

bagheera:

most likely not wifi either

Wi-Fi only showing 3/5 bars on the W10 box in the first post.

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#3213793 3-Apr-2024 15:51

setup an sftp server like filezilla on the windows box and use that maybe instead?

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#3213797 3-Apr-2024 15:57

turtleattacks:

Thanks guys, I was nearly about to pull the trigger to buy new gear to help me solve the issue.

Saves me some hard earn cash and prevents e-waste.

Would SMB the only protocol to share files between W10 and Mac?

Or can I try to run Linux on that PC?

look at my post on page 3 scp from windows to mac, there is a winscp that has GUI interface that you can download https://winscp.net/eng/index.php, but not tried it to mac, command line (powershell) has worked for me

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#3213800 3-Apr-2024 16:02

yitz:

bagheera:

most likely not wifi either

Wi-Fi only showing 3/5 bars on the W10 box in the first post.

and that why I say most like not the issue, not 100% is smb is the issue - he hitting the speed I normally see for mac -> windows smb tho.

turtleattacks

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#3213803 3-Apr-2024 16:15

Can someone please recommend how I can convince my partner to have the W10 tower sitting in the kitchen/dining room wired to the router?

Update: When I plugged my W10 box into the router using a CAT5 (yellow) cable - I am able to achieve around 55MB/s.

The Macbook is still on the Orbi.

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#3213804 3-Apr-2024 16:19

so thats showing the speed of the wifi on the macbook is getting you ~55MB/s (440Mbps). How is the file transfer speed over SMB when the PC connected via Ethernet?

turtleattacks

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#3213805 3-Apr-2024 16:20

Jase2985:

so thats showing the speed of the wifi on the macbook is getting you ~55MB/s (440Mbps). How is the file transfer speed over SMB when the PC connected via Ethernet?

That's the speed for the PC connected to the router via a cable receiving a bunch of 1GB files.

Anyone think the wife will notice this box in the living room? 😁

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#3213816 3-Apr-2024 16:55

I would also try scp, smb doe not like high latency land 2 wifi with mesh uplink would be getting up there

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#3214030 4-Apr-2024 06:21

Change your tower case to a more acceptable colour and place a doily on top (a doily is one of those crochet looking things that make everything seem nice apparently).

That should get you the approval factor…

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#3214698 5-Apr-2024 15:58

Another case of the ONT being located in a place the suits no one except the installer.

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#3215391 8-Apr-2024 05:19

turtleattacks:

Anyone think the wife will notice this box in the living room? 😁

Not the box but the dust on top of it. 😈 But the plant stand reminds me of an armoured barrier I once saw in Italy. 😉

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