Why is my Wireless Network so painfuly slow ?!?!?!?! [Im using WRT54G Router]

I have a wireless network/internet connection setup in my house. I have Wireless G Linksys Router sending my 10mb Internet signal to my Laptop PC and G5 Mac, the internet works fine, great speeds on both pc and mac, however...
When i try and transfer files between my mac and pc on the wireless network its painfuly slow [it takes about 5 minutes to transfer a 60mb file]. However when i plug them in together using an ethernet cable the speeds are great and 50mb will transfer in a matter of seconds rather than minutes.
My problem is that having them connected via an ethernet cable is far from practical and i really want to be able to do fast transfers via the wireless network iv setup, this must be possible ?? this why i purchased this router after all !!
If anyone has any idea why the wireless network is so slow or how i could go about sorting it out then please let me know...I cant stress how much it would be apreciated !
Some Relevant Info which might be handy in diagnosing the problem:
- Im using a Linksys WRT54G Router with the latest firmware
- My Internet goes from the modem into the Router downstairs which then sends the wireless signal to my pc and mac upstairs
- Wireless Reciever [airpot extreme card] on mac is wireless G
- Wireless Reciever [Intel Pro Wireless] on pc is wireless B
- Transfering from mac to pc or pc to mac makes no difference to speed, its extremley slow for each.
- Im the only person using the network
- Im running the latest version of Windows XP and OSX Tiger
- The Signal Strength when recieving the Internet is Excellent
- Iv tried disabling any firewalls within the network [on the router/pc] and it makes no difference
PLEASE HELP !!!Message Edited by Altair on 10-08-200608:34 PM

Part of the problem is your wireless B. This will limit any file transfers to a maximum of 11 Mbps = about 1.1 M byte per second, after allowing for system overhead bits.
Therefore the minimum possible transmission time for a 60 M byte file, through a wireless B, would be about a minute.
Your wired connection runs at 100 Mbps, so the same file would take only about 6 seconds.
This may explain part of your problem. This is part of the reason your system is taking much more than 6 seconds. However, I do not know why your system is taking 5 minutes instead of 1 minute.
Message Edited by toomanydonuts on 10-09-200604:15 AM
Message Edited by toomanydonuts on 10-09-200604:16 AM

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