54mbs

Does gettinga 54mbs wireless router make sense connected to rogers hi speed,
considering I have an 11mbps operating at the Good level most of the time? Or is
this just overkill, and I won't notice any difference in wireless speed?

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"Tim G." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Does gettinga 54mbs wireless router make sense connected to rogers hi
speed,
> considering I have an 11mbps operating at the Good level most of the time?
Or is
> this just overkill, and I won't notice any difference in wireless speed?

54Mbps and 108Mbps are all about LAN transfer. If you transfer large files
often, you should get faster than 11Mbps.

to make use of the hi speed both adapter and AP have 54Mbps
this will run above 11Mbps most of the time (arround 24ish for me). Having
only 11Mbps adapters with 54Mbps AP kinda pointless unless you plan to add
54Mbps later, most 54Mbps AP can handle both.

"Tim G." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Does gettinga 54mbs wireless router make sense connected to rogers hi
speed,
> considering I have an 11mbps operating at the Good level most of the time?
Or is
> this just overkill, and I won't notice any difference in wireless speed?
>
> ---Tim G. in Toronto, Canada: cc. replies to e-mail please
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~
> Right On! Blog
> www.rightonblog.com

54Mb divided by the number of users and divided by two directions of data
minus the overhead of the packets and handshaking.

When you are all done calculating maybe divide that in half for noise and
interference for retries and data collisions.


"Tim G." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Does gettinga 54mbs wireless router make sense connected to rogers hi
speed,
> considering I have an 11mbps operating at the Good level most of the time?
Or is
> this just overkill, and I won't notice any difference in wireless speed?
>
> ---Tim G. in Toronto, Canada: cc. replies to e-mail please
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~
> Right On! Blog
> www.rightonblog.com

Tim G. <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> Does gettinga 54mbs wireless router make sense connected to rogers
> hi speed, considering I have an 11mbps operating at the Good level
> most of the time? Or is this just overkill, and I won't notice any
> difference in wireless speed?

For internet, no you wont' notice any difference--you're limited by
the broadband connection.

For file transfers within your lan (backing up the laptop to a
desktop, say) you will notice a difference depending on how far from
teh AP you are.


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Todd H.
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The best throughput you will get on 802.11g will be between a single wifi
client (no other clients active) and a server locally connected to your
AP/router by 100BaseT. That will be in the range of 18 - 24 mbps, depending
on signal strength, interference, and signal quality in your environment.
The drop is due to 802.11 access protocol and TCP/IP overhead.

If you access an internet server, your maximum bandwidth is limited by your
ISP connection. If it's 3 mbps, then that's the theoretical best you'll get
pulling a file from a web site or ftp server.

Two wifi clients talking to each other through an AP (or router), will have
throughput cut in half because net access is half-duplex.

"Gymmy Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> 54Mb divided by the number of users and divided by two directions of data
> minus the overhead of the packets and handshaking.
>
> When you are all done calculating maybe divide that in half for noise and
> interference for retries and data collisions.
>
>
> "Tim G." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Does gettinga 54mbs wireless router make sense connected to rogers hi
> speed,
> > considering I have an 11mbps operating at the Good level most of the
time?
> Or is
> > this just overkill, and I won't notice any difference in wireless speed?
> >
> > ---Tim G. in Toronto, Canada: cc. replies to e-mail please
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~
> > Right On! Blog
> > www.rightonblog.com
>
>

Tim G. wrote:

> Does gettinga 54mbs wireless router make sense connected to rogers hi
> speed,
> considering I have an 11mbps operating at the Good level most of the time?
> Or is this just overkill, and I won't notice any difference in wireless
> speed?

11 Mb/s is more than fast enough for any home high speed access. 54 Mb/s
would be overkill if that's your only use for wireless. However, if you
network with other computers, there may be some advantage to the higher
speed.

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PT Wang wrote:

>
> "Tim G." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Does gettinga 54mbs wireless router make sense connected to rogers hi
> speed,
>> considering I have an 11mbps operating at the Good level most of the
>> time?
> Or is
>> this just overkill, and I won't notice any difference in wireless speed?
>
> 54Mbps and 108Mbps are all about LAN transfer. If you transfer large files
> often, you should get faster than 11Mbps.

The question was in regards to cable modem internet access. In this case,
11 Mb/s is more than enough.

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