I have a dlink 624 router, a laptop, and two desktops, the two desktop is hardwired to the router, and the laptop is on the wireless lan part. When transfering files from the desktop to the laptop, or the other way around the files transfer so slow...it takes about half an hour to transfer a 2gig file....i dont have any WEP security or anything just MAC address block/filters....is there something wrong with my router? or its settings? also another question i use mac address filtering so that no one from the outside can access my lan, using their wifi devices, and ive considered to add the wep security but is it really necessary for me to use that?

What kind of card do you have? With 802.11b, you only have 11 megabits/sec xfer rate possible. WILL POST FOR FOOD.

First keep in mind wireless speeds listed (54M) is a theoretical high. Transfering a 2GB file might very well take that long, and no configurations are necessarily wrong. As for MAC address filtering for security, it is utterly useless. Rememeber, every packet contains a your computer's MAC address. If that packet is not encrypted, someone could simply gain access by being within range, use a packet sniffer like ethereal, detect a valid mac address, and then change their mac address to the valid one. Also, even if unauthorized use doesn't scare you, they can capture your traffic, and possibly gain access to user names and passwords if those transmissions are in plain text. It doesn't just stop there. WEP does provide real security since it does encrypt all this info, including MAC addresses. However, WEP, due to weak encryption technology it uses, is very easy to crack. The FBI is now doing public demonstrations showing how someone could crack your WEP key in 5 minutes or less should they have the know how and the tools, which are available on the net. WPA encryption however is very strong, and should be used if possible. WEP will keep 95% of people out. However, you should pursue moving to equipment that supports WPA when you can. If your equipment supports WPA now, use it instead. Regardless, MAC Address Filtering is basically useless. Please help survivors of Hurricane Katrina. www.redcross.org

"WEP will keep 95% of people out..." And unfortunately it's the other 5% who are trying to break in. >:)

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Check your wired nic card for settings ,make sure it is set as "auto" for speed and duplex ,should not be hardcoded. It might not necessarily be your wireless.

yeah my nic is set to auto and i managed to reset my modem to factory defaults, and i managed to get the time cut in half so now for a 2 gig file it takes about 15 minutes...is this normal? I have a Intel 2200BG network card, and when connected to my network it says im at 54MBps (yeah i know its mega bit)....and there is no activity on teh network just this laptop and desktop....any more ideas? so now when setting up WPA security, wh at do i set for Cipher Type? TKIP or AES? and what do i select PSK or EAP ?