Wifi disconnects and slow transfer

Hey Everyone,

My WD My Book was delivered yesterday and I have been trying it out most of the night. Everything seems to be working fine, except two issues.

  1. The transfer seems slow (11mb/s or less upload)

I initially had it connected to my router, but transfer speeds were quite slow. I decided to hook it directly into my MacBook Pro, and while it went faster, it was significantly slower than my external USB drives.

  1. When uploading my wifi drops.

When I am on WiFi, and transferring files, the wifi will seem to drop. The files will continue to transfer, but I can’t access the Internet for quite some time, or until the transfer stops.

My computer is a early 2009 model 17" MacBook Pro. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello, you will ussually find that USB drives are faster than Ethernet hard drives, but you can check the link below for some suggestions you can try to improve the transfer rate. 

When transferring large files to or from the My Book Live performance may be slower than expected