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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 10:04 am
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Originally Posted by nmenaker
yeah, it would seem the wireless throughput to the TM is really killing the backup time. for 300+GB it should take A WHILE, but not that long. I regularly do about a 45GB fresh backup in less than an hour. Incremental are essentially no time at all, even wirelessly.
Here is the info from my Airport

RSSI -67
Transmit Rate 117
MCS Index 13

I wonder if there is any trick to boosting my transmit rate - I think it really should be in the upper 170s sustained.

The TM has the latest firmware and I have the most recent Airport utility version.
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