Time Capsule slow as 802.11g WAP

I've been having trouble with my wireless network since I received my 1TB Time Capsule. AppleTV quit syncing, .Mac Sync hung repeatedly, and Printing via the Time Capsule stutters. I only have 802.11g hosts on my network, so 802.11n performance isn't something I'm evaluating.
The goal of this testing is to assess the Time Capsule as a network access point for 802.11g hosts. Disk read/write is not part of this experiment. Each of the measurements below are results from the exact same test -- measure internet upload and download performance to a test server on the speedtest.net network.
My topology is as follows:
SBC DSL -> 2Wire modem -> TimeCapsule
For the tests below, I connected my MacBook Pro to each device, wirelessly via 802.11g and direct connect via Ethernet and ran the test from speedtest.net. Since I have a 3Mb connection, the speed of my ethernet is irrelevant. The results of the testing is below and the results show that using the Time Capsule as an 802.11g hub is slow, in fact 75% slower.
Internet Performance (3Mb service)
network performance -- connecting via
*660k dl/430 ul -- TimeCapsule (802.11g - single base station, or as WDS main)*
2546k dl/429 ul -- TimeCapsule (Ethernet Hard Wired)
2547 dl/432 ul -- 2Wire 802.11g
2546 dl/431 ul -- 2Wire (Ethernet Hard Wired)
My conclusion, based on this testing and from several posts in this discussion board is that the Time Capsule exhibits poor performance for hosts connecting via 802.11g.
Is there some setup thing I'm missing?
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JustinK101 wrote: I suppose I could plug my MacBook into the TC via a gigbit cable and see the speed then, but the whole point was to do wireless backups.
The initial backup should have been wired. Future incremental backups would not be this large and wireless backups should be okay.

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All,
I've been experiencing slow responses from my Time Capsule since I got it. It is one of the newer models with dual band and I have a Macbook Pro and a Macbook connecting to the 802.11n network.
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I think I am getting interferences on my 5GHz phone from the time capsule, which I have running in 802.11n mode with b/g compatitibility. I assume if the Time Capsule was running in 802.11b/g mode I would not get the intereferences?
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Duane wrote:
Then the Time Capsule's 5 GHz network should not interfere with the phone since it operates a long way from the phone's frequency.
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http://www.networkdictionary.com/Wireless/Wi-Fi-Wireless-LAN-Frequency.php
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I want to share this new experience so that others can learn from it.
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Bad Monk wrote:
thanks for that!! interesting and i never knew the option key pressed while on the wifi icon showed that info so cheers
mine is on channel 11 but so far its @ 54 so thats all good, but yeah i think channel 11 is very popular as its prob the default for most wireless devices!
Most routers come with the default Channel 6 set.
question though, if i change the channel on my wireless router what is the best channel to go for please? and also do my wireless devices in my home automatically change to the new channel? or do i have to mess around with each one individually?
There is no "best" channel to go for. You have to figure out what channels are being used and select one that is not being used by other routers. ONe way to do this is download the free iStumbler software which will discover all visible and invisible networks and tell you what channels are being used. From that information, select a number that is farthest from any of the other channels being used.
thannks

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regards,

I use a personal name for every device on my internal network. My time capsule is Mystie.local. Command Prompt used a default four pings which all returned.
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7100]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Pinging Mystie.local [***::***:****:****:***%11] with 32 bytes of data:
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Have you tested with ethernet? From the specs of your machine it should still have ethernet port.
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KenRN wrote:
does anybody have any clue on what I am doing wrong?
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