Hi Pablo
Sorry, my bad.
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My question:
I am seeing very slow file transfer rates when working across a wireless bridge setup.
My setup is as follows:
2 WAP4410N Cisco AP configured in wireless WDS bridge mode.
Fileserver <-> switch <-> AP AP <-> switch <-> windows 7 (wired)
There is connectivity and but the file transfer rates is around/below 1mb/sec. If I connect directly transfer rates are 20-40mb/sec.
Ping times are around 3-7ms but this drop to 500ms during file transfer.
Any ideas would be great. Thanks in advance.
best regards
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craigbeck:
This is not an ideal setup for file-transfer. The WAP4410N radios are not enterprise-class devices so throughput won't be great to start with.
What you are doing is never ever going to get anywhere near the 20-40mb/sec you mentioned by connecting directly as the radio throughput is far less than that. Even though the radios are 54Mbps you will only ever get around 22Mbps actual throughput, then add environmental factors, interference, broadcast traffic, unauthorized association attempts and you could well be looking at 10-12Mbps which will translate to around 1Mbps data transfer - and that could be on a good day!
To ensure the link is as solid as it can be make sure there is nothing else on the same channel as your kit, use good directional antennas with low-loss cable (if cable is required), and keep the link as short as possible. Also you might want to consider configuring the link as a point-to-point layer3 link by putting a router at each end to ensure that broadcast traffic is not saturating the link.
