wifi or lan?

Hi

I am thinking of converting from a cable connecting 2 pc's to wireless, I
know what is involved with hardware and installation etc, but I need to know
if there are any performance issues, ie speed mainly and the health risk if
any

Thanks in advance

Dave

ps, I have a 1mb connection, and would hate to have it slow down

The popular 802.11b standard would give you a theoretical maximum of
11MB. In reality, probably 7 to 8, depending on encryption, signal,
etc.

802.11a would give you 54MB max, again, drop a percentage of it for
what you'd see in real world use. G would give you the same, but
there are more catches with 802.11g.

Your surfing speeds wouldn't be an issue - you'd never notice, since
your connection will be many times slower than the wireless. But if
you're used to copying large files between the computers, you'll see a
large hit there on time needed.

John


On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 19:38:26 -0400, "Bill Crocker"
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>Should be no problem, as most Wi-Fi setups are still much faster than any
>cable modem connection.
>
>The only health risk I've encountered is staying up too late playing
>UT2003!!!
>
>Bill Crocker
>
>
>"dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Hi
>>
>> I am thinking of converting from a cable connecting 2 pc's to wireless, I
>> know what is involved with hardware and installation etc, but I need to
>know
>> if there are any performance issues, ie speed mainly and the health risk
>if
>> any
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>

dave wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am thinking of converting from a cable connecting 2 pc's to wireless, I
> know what is involved with hardware and installation etc, but I need to know
> if there are any performance issues, ie speed mainly and the health risk if
> any
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Dave
>
>
What do you aim to achieve by converting? Cabled networks are in many
aspects superior to wireless ones. Specify more about your current setup
- your ideas for a new setup and the benefits in the new setup.

Mads

Dave I just did this and installed b/band at the same time. Wireless
broadband & networking is handy - install 11g now & you may be ok for the
nxt 3 x years?
Wireless is dearer & less certain - speed wise - than cable so if you can
use standard, cheap rj45 kit - even if it means running cable around the
house - it may be "better".
Security is also an issue with wireless!
Good luck!

(b)andy


"Mads Bahrt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> dave wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I am thinking of converting from a cable connecting 2 pc's to wireless,
I
> > know what is involved with hardware and installation etc, but I need to
know
> > if there are any performance issues, ie speed mainly and the health risk
if
> > any
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> What do you aim to achieve by converting? Cabled networks are in many
> aspects superior to wireless ones. Specify more about your current setup
> - your ideas for a new setup and the benefits in the new setup.
>
> Mads
>

> What do you aim to achieve by converting? Cabled networks are in many
> aspects superior to wireless ones. Specify more about your current setup
> - your ideas for a new setup and the benefits in the new setup.
>
> Mads
>
Because I have a long cable running from one room to other and it looks a
mess