Network speed tests in house -- (edited)

Server Seagate dockstar 1GB port hosting 1GB file via http

Download command
 wget --output-document=/dev/null http://host/disk.img

Clients

T510 fedora Wired


 HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘/dev/null’

20% [===>  224,403,456 50.7MB/s  eta 16s


 T510 fedora wireless with airlink wireless N

 HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘/dev/null’

 0% [             ] 4,665,175    869KB/s  eta 19m 42

OLPC using usb 10/100 linksys


HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘/dev/null’

 0% [          ] 3,056,447    809KB/s  eta 22m 38s

Odroidu2 Wired (10/100 NIC)


HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘/dev/null’

 5% [=======>    ] 63,779,235  11.2MB/s  eta 86s

Rpie Wired (10/100 NIC)

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `/dev/null'

 2% [==>   ] 29,108,451  6.22M/s  eta 2m 31s


Readynas Wired (GB NIC)

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `/dev/null'

 0% [>     ] 8,814,592   1.79M/s  eta 9m 33s 


Netgear Stora Wired (GB NIC)

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `/dev/null'

17% [===========>     ] 192,380,928 39.7M/s  eta 22s


wdlive wifi airlink wireless N ( went from 200k to 800K)
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `/dev/null'

 1% [>         ] 13,298,607   569K/s  eta 32m 31s

wdlive hard wire (cat 6 cable)
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `/dev/null'

 1% [                                       ] 11,470,775  1.08M/s  eta 15m 31s

What did all this tell me. That  my wifi card on airlink wireless N sucks, and that I need to tweak my wifi settings a lot. Another note the wdlive box has terrible network performance