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Originally Posted by FirebirdFeuervogel View Post
Try running the top command in xterm and watching to see if the transfer is consuming all of any given resource. I've seen it written that the tablet's hardware, probably cpu, can bottleneck the data transfer speed.
Thanks for the tips. I am now converting another mp4 file to AVI for transfer. I will check the "top" output when I transfer this file over the my N800.

Originally Posted by iball View Post
Unless the N800 is the ONLY device connected to the wi-fi AP then don't expect the full 802.11g throughput.
You also have to take into account data moving to/from whatever media you're using as well.
Thanks for the input, too. Yes, the N800 is the only device currently connected to my wireless access point. (I have a Wii downstairs, but it's off now.) It can be the SDHC card I'm using. It is a SanDisk 4GB SDHC card. A quick googling shows the data tansfer speed to be 2+ MB/sec. It's still much faster than 5-6 Mbps, but this and the CPU bottleneck together may be the culprit.

I'll keep you guys updated.

Dai
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