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wireless (WiFi) speed
My question is this: using a wireless router, is the speed limit I'm able to achieve only 54.0 MPBS? Are there faster systems out there? Does this mean that the money I spend each month for my "High Faluting High Speed" broadband service from my cable company is being wasted because everything slows down at my router to 54 MPBS?
7609 Kbps = 7.6 Mbps which is still much slower than 54 Mbps. So, it is not your router that limiting your connection speed. It's Cox!! Thus, even the older, slower 802.11b wireless routers at 11 Mbps would show the same speed. Super G or High Speed routers at 108 Mbps would be a complete waste of money.
Steve
- SuperG (108Mbps) and Afterburner (125Mbps) speed boosting technologies also require a compatible network adapter, and transfer speeds of the old 802.11b wireless network maxes out at around 5Mbps (or 5120Kbps).In any case, none of these is capable of utilizing the full data transfer bandwidth if your broadband has one of these new 100Mbps connections offered in some countries - AFAIK, only a 4th generation MIMO router coupled with a compatible adapter can. There is a lot more to meet the eye when it comes to Internet speed; just because the connection is capable of going faster doesn't mean your download will be at that speed - it is affected by other factors beyond you and your ISP can manage.
Message Edited by esquire on 09-08-200608:24 AM
- Standard Metric prefixes:
K = Kilo = 1,000
M = Mega = 1,000,000
Frequently seen computer prefixes:
b = bit
B = byte = 8 bits
So 1 MB/sec = 8 Mb/sec = 8000 Kb/sec = 1000 KB/sec
Note that sometimes some computer parts (rarely communications equipment, frequently storage) will use alternative power-of-two definitions for Kilo and Mega
K = 1,024 (2^10)
M = 1024^2 (2^20)
Some have started using alternative prefixes for these, KiB, MiB, and GiB
Broadband connections that can even come close to saturating a standard 802.11g connection are rare. 54 Mbps is the limit for equipment that follows existing standards. For various reasons including compatibility problems due to the lack of standardization, faster wireless equipment should be avoided.
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Posted September 6th, 2006 16:00
What speed does your broadband service claim to provide? 15 Mbps is the highest I've seen advertised and 15 Mbps is still less than 54 Mbps!!
Steve