Connection Speeds

[maineultraclassic]

Why is it that my laptop can connect at 300mbps, but both my Galaxy Nexus and Acer A500 can only connect at 65mbps?

They are supposed to be capable of 150mbps, but the most I've ever seen is 65.

Anyone know?

Thanks,

Steve

[Simon0]

That is normal... Some wireless drivers will ALWAYS show 300Mbps or the "theoretical max" connection speed your wireless driver is capable of negotiate with the router. Other drivers, which I find is more useful, updates its connection speeds every few seconds...

eg.. I had an Atheros PCIe that always show 300Mbps, while a RAlink USB that goes up and down, max at about 270Mbps, sometimes dropping to about 150Mbps... And the RAlink was significant faster in real-life transfers.

Some laptops/ultrabooks, tablets & smartphones tend to limit the power & # of streams as well as good antennas in order to be compact and have good battery life.

[csewell]

The Acer and Nexus have limited antenna capability. 20MHz only, 1 spatial stream (non-MIMO). 65Mbps is the highest signalling rate they can achieve.