Airport Extreme Speed Tests (2GHz vs 5GHz)
The laptop remained in a static spot with no microwave oven or any strange electronics around to interrupt. I transferred the file up to my iMac and back down and viewed the network traffic through the Activity Monitor. I also used iStumbler to check my signal strength.
I know my testing has its flaws, but this is what I came up with...any recommendations to get better speed or am I looking at the best case?
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Test 1:
2GHz - Channel 6
Signal Strength: 62%
File Send (Average/Max Burst): 2.6MB/s / 5.5MB/s
File Receive (Average/Max Burst): 5.8MB/s / 8.2MB/s
Notes: The speed is all over the place for both sending and receiving. The graph in Activity Monitor looks like a heart monitor.
Test 2:
5GHz - Auto Channel
Signal Strength: 35%
File Send (Average/Max Burst): 8.3MB/s / 8.5MB/s
File Receive (Average/Max Burst): 6MB/s / 6.9MB/s
Notes: The speed was not sporadic like the 2GHz test, although this time the sending was faster than the receiving.
Test 3:
5GHz - Auto Channel - Interference Robustness Enabled
Signal Strength: 36%
File Send (Average/Max Burst): 8.7MB/s / 8.8MB/s
File Receive (Average/Max Burst): 4.1MB/s / 5.8MB/s
Notes: Slower on the receiving than Test 2, but a bit quicker on the send.
17" Macbook Pro - 20" Intel iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.9)