802.11g speeds slow

[Jeremy]

i have a dell notebook with a built in 802.11g adapter. when sending data to another server (via access point hooked up to wired router), i get about 15-20mbps (which is nice and fast from 30' and two walls away). downloading tops at about 10mbps for me. why the difference?

[cyberskye]

fragmentation on your hdd? Could also be anything going on over on the server side. Running a firewall? A/V?

There's not really much to go on. The protocol itself does not affect the speed in one direction vs. another.

[Jeremy]

all of the pcs have norton antivirus, but then it should ideally be equally slow or fast shouldn't it? susatining 2MB/sec should not be a problem on a 7200rpm 80gb drive on a p4 1.8 nor on a 40gb 5400rpm notebook drive and a 2.2ghz mobile processor.

[YeOldeStonecat]

What's the RAM differences in the machines?

What OS is on each machine?

[Jeremy]

desktop is 2000 pro, notebbok is xp home/2000pro. both have 512mb memory.