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|  WRT54GL - dropped file transfer normal?
I am using a WRT54GL to connect two computers together in a home network as follows:
desktop ~ ethernet ~ WRT54GL ~ 802.11g ~ notebook
I set it to transfer a huge chunk of files (~44GB) from the desktop to the notebook overnight.
In the morning, I found it to have stopped at around 70%, and Task Manager (which was open) was frozen and would not come back. I had to literally Restart the notebook to get things working again, since Windows Explorer was also frozen. It cited something along the lines of a lost network connection. I tried to reconnect but, again, Windows Explorer had crashed.
What most likely caused this?
Could it be a faulty router? (too big/too much of a transfer?)
Or is it just a software (OS) issue?
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Some details:
• The wireless signal has no SSID broadcast, is set to g-only, and the notebook receives an average 100% signal at a speed of >= 48Mbps.
• The transfer was running at ~2MB/s (or around 16Mb/s). This strikes me as slow, but it's more than likely just Vista and its typically slow network transfer speed.
• The router has the latest Linksys firmware.
• The desktop is running XP 32-b SP2, and the notebook Vista Business 32-b SP1. |
