Wifi speeds?

[krale]

I'm wondering what kind of wifi speeds are you getting out of your prophet?

I can't seem to get more than 11 mbps, although I have not done any tweaking either on access point or on the prophet. Anybody getting higher (and how?)?

You can check the speed of your connection in Settings>WLAN>Main> (look at tx rate)

[qdabean]

When I had a 802.11B router I was getting 11mps on my Prophet. Recently I upgraded to an 802.11G router and set it to G only and now when I look at the tx rate it says "auto". So I really have no idea what my transfer rate is although I can confirm that it appears to be running about twice as fast when copying files off the network and streaming video is miles better.

[krale]

When you say "video streaming" do you refer to viewing videos from the pc on your network, or internet streaming videos?

I haven't tried either, but would be interested in your insight.

[qdabean]

When you say "video streaming" do you refer to viewing videos from the pc on your network, or internet streaming videos?

I haven't tried either, but would be interested in your insight.

Yes I mean viewing videos streamed from my pc to my Prophet via my wifi network. I used a DVD to Pocket PC ripper (I can't remember it's name offhand) and rip my entire DVD collection at the highest setting and save them all to my PC. I can then watch the movies on my Prophet via wifi and it doesn't seem to want to buffer at all. This saves me having to use up space on my SD card. Also at night when I'm in bed it's a fantastic way to catch up on all those gory action films that my wife doesn't want to watch (Kill Bill etc) not to mention at 6am when my 3yr old comes rampaging into the room and climbing on the bed I can put on the Wiggles or similar and hey presto I get another half an hour sleep :D

[Matterhorn]

I set my router to G only mode and saw that I was getting 24 mbps with my Prophet, I don't know if that is the max or not. I have since changed my router back to b,g auto because the range in G only is fine for in the house, but for long distance B is better.

[krale]

Thanks guys, that's helpful.

So is it fair to assume that if the router is positioned on auto (b/g) you will get only 11Mbps, and if you set it higher, you may achieve higher speeds?

I mean, my router is set on auto, and I have no way of setting it to g-only, so I am wondering if a new router would improve speeds....

Thanks for your input.

[krale]

One more thing, How do you guys do that streaming thing? I mean I have a program which lets me see my shared folders on the PC over wifi, and I can open documents easily over the network. But whenever I click an mp3, or (god-forbid) video file, Windows Media either blocks, or says something like 'no parameter'...

What am I doing wrong?

[qdabean]

Sorry for my tardy response (you may have already worked this out) but streaming movies with TCPMP rather than Windows Media is the bettter option. So long as you have your network set up (ie. can browse to shared folders on you pc) then it's just a case of within TCPMP "open file" and browsing to the shared area you have on your network that contains your movies .... and play. Likewise for MP3s.

For some reason I cannot get it working the same using Windows Media .... which does not bother me at all because I prefer TCPMP.

Hope this helps ... you you need any more info just ask ... I'll try to be a bit swifter this time :D

[krale]

Hey thanks a lot for the answer. I had already tried with TCMPC player and streaming worked splendid... No probs at all...

My only worry for the prophet now is battery time...

[Matterhorn]

One more thing, How do you guys do that streaming thing? I mean I have a program which lets me see my shared folders on the PC over wifi, and I can open documents easily over the network. But whenever I click an mp3, or (god-forbid) video file, Windows Media either blocks, or says something like 'no parameter'...

What am I doing wrong?

You might possibly get a faster through put with G only, but in theory with auto mode it should switch to B mode only when the signal is very weak. I switched my router to G only mode just to verify that my Prophet was capable of G speeds.