
Get to know more details of each function and configuration please go to Download Center to download the manual of your product. the driver version and computer system information by referring to How to check driver version of TP-Link adapters and system information of your computer? Please refer to the following instruction to check the wireless association speed: How to check the associated/link speed on a wireless client.ģ). the wireless association speed of TP-Link adapter. the download speed on your other wireless devices in the same location as TP-Link adapter.Ģ). Please contact TP-Link support with the following information after trying above solutions but all to no avail.ġ). For best results, you should get a dongle that's USB 3.x and plug it into a USB 3 port, which has a theoretical max speed of 5Gbps (faster than any modern residential connection).

Also you may contact the support of your router to figure it out since they are more professional and familiar with your router. USB 2.0 ports have a theoretical max speed of 480Mbps, but due to protocol overhead and hardware inefficiencies, you won't ever hit that value. If they all have the same speed as TP-Link adapter, please make sure your router is running the latest firmware. Star Trek? Uh, yeah, we're not there yet Scotty.Please do the comparison test using your other wireless devices in the same location as TP-Link wireless adapter. 1-gb is almost 10-gigabits, or about 5-minutes, even at SATA speeds. If they told you the truth, you'd see how expensive it is to actually transfer a 1-gb video file to your computer in 10-seconds really costs. Your expectations are not wrong, the 'tech-lingo' is meant to serve companies and salesmen, not actual paying customers. This is what trips up a LOT of people when talking speeds that they then go on Amazon and give 1-star for a router they just paid $100 for, that seems super-slow to their expectations.

So, on 10/100 if it takes a 1-mb file about 33-seconds to transfer to your laptop, you are in the average range. This is the real number that you divide the file size by to determine how much time it takes to get that cup of coffee you are thinking about. So, If I am moving a 1mb file from my 10/100 laptop to the server it is connected to, you will most likely see speeds around 2.6 to 3.5 MB/sec on the transfer window pop-up (I want to see ANY average consumer hardware hit 10-MB/sec on a 10/100 connection, where the office chair has rolled over the cord a few thousand times).


Don't forget, even on that bar-chart, to divide by almost half-again, to get a real-world 'speed' to expect on any sizable transfer. The bar-chart graphic is excellent data, just remember that you are actually working in BYTES, not BITS (which is not what most sales literature is referencing).
