How long to transfer a file?

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How long to transfer a file?

How long should it take to transfer a 4GB file from one computer to another on a home wireless network? It is taking me about 2-3 hrs. Using Apple wireless router.
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Intel iMac, MB Air, iPod Touch, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Mar 31, 2011 7:34 PM

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Tesserax

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Apr 1, 2011 10:01 AM in response to Ken Stone

Please check out this handy Media Road Transfer Time Calculator

At best, your AEBSn will provide a wireless bandwidth of 300 Mbps. Typically, it will actually be half that. Just plug in the numbers to get an idea on the amount of time it should take to transfer a file.

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