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[Lorne]

I am using my new 320L NAS as a backup but the transfer speeds are annoyingly slow (~10MB/s wired and ~2MB/s wireless).  Reading posts it seems the router is the bottleneck but it is not clear to me what I will get if I upgrade my old Wireless-G/100Mb router to a new wireless-N/1Gb model.  So I can decide if it is worthwhile can somebody tell me:
1. What is the real life limit of the NAS itself?
2. What you would expect from a wired link via a 1Gb router?
3. What you would expect from a wireless-N connection?

My desktop has a 1Gb LAN on the motherboard and the laptop supports wireless-N.

[FurryNutz]

Try using a external Gb Network switch between router and DNS/PC.

[NixZero]

I am using my new 320L NAS as a backup but the transfer speeds are annoyingly slow (~10MB/s wired and ~2MB/s wireless).  Reading posts it seems the router is the bottleneck but it is not clear to me what I will get if I upgrade my old Wireless-G/100Mb router to a new wireless-N/1Gb model.  So I can decide if it is worthwhile can somebody tell me:
1. What is the real life limit of the NAS itself?

around 25/30 MB/s
the limit is the nas cpu wich is pretty weak.

2. What you would expect from a wired link via a 1Gb router?

same - if your pc has a 1gb ethernet port too off course.

3. What you would expect from a wireless-N connection?

that depends on the kind of connection, its strenght  and how many wireless devices are connected,  but it wont ever be as fast as an 1gb/s wired ethernet.
on a 150 (nominal) wireless connection I get around 7-8MB/s on the same pc that goes up to 30MB/s wired, mind that  its pretty far from my router.

[FurryNutz]

I've seen upwards of 50-90Mb between my Windows 7 x64 PC connected to my DIR-857 with my File Server connected wired LAN cable.Wireless connections I saw around 10-20Mb depending on Wireless mode, 2.4 or 5Ghz using a DWA-160 wireless USB adapter on the PC.

[NixZero]

I've seen upwards of 50-90Mb between my Windows 7 x64 PC connected to my DIR-857 with my File Server connected wired LAN cable.Wireless connections I saw around 10-20Mb depending on Wireless mode, 2.4 or 5Ghz using a DWA-160 wireless USB adapter on the PC.

MB or Mb?
and which services were active on the dns-320L?

[FurryNutz]

MB if I remember, I'll have to take a look at my data I recorded while testing.
Testing results are in MB

I was referenceing the DIR-857 which is a Gb router. I don't have a DNS device.

[Lorne]

around 25/30 MB/s
the limit is the nas cpu wich is pretty weak.same - if your pc has a 1gb ethernet port too off course.that depends on the kind of connection, its strenght  and how many wireless devices are connected,  but it wont ever be as fast as an 1gb/s wired ethernet.
on a 150 (nominal) wireless connection I get around 7-8MB/s on the same pc that goes up to 30MB/s wired, mind that  its pretty far from my router.

Thanks - that is about what I had read although I still do not understand why the wireless speeds are so low compared to theory - a 150Mb wireless should give you about 15MB in real life IMO.

[NixZero]

Thanks - that is about what I had read although I still do not understand why the wireless speeds are so low compared to theory - a 150Mb wireless should give you about 15MB in real life IMO.

2.5 MB/s is what you get with 54g generally, check that its actually connecting at the right speed (in win 7 you click on the wifi bar gauge, right click on the connection, select "status" and it will tell you the connection speed)