So I've been testing transferring files to an external USB HDD that come from SMB v1 and FTP shares using WiiXplorer SS, and I was kind of disappointed with the speeds I've seen. I get around 200 KB/s regardless of the protocol I use (FTP seems to be a bit faster).
I figured out that the bottleneck can't be in USB 2.0 since it has a theoretical throughput of 480 Mbps, I suppose the Wii could have less but not by much since backups through USBLoader GX don't have slowdown. It's even less likely to be the file server since other (more modern) devices have much better transfer speeds, so I came to two possible causes for slowdown:
Thanks in advance!
I figured out that the bottleneck can't be in USB 2.0 since it has a theoretical throughput of 480 Mbps, I suppose the Wii could have less but not by much since backups through USBLoader GX don't have slowdown. It's even less likely to be the file server since other (more modern) devices have much better transfer speeds, so I came to two possible causes for slowdown:
- The Wii is just too weak to handle such "high" I/O speeds
- The WiFi chip in the Wii is terrible
Thanks in advance!