Author: Mark Johnson Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Wireless Broadband Firewall/Router Recommendations?
> Anyway, now it seems my trusty Netgear FR114W is not able to route
> traffic fast enough either. Been meaning to replace it anyway since it
> does only 802.11b and most of my machines are now 802.11g.
> > One thing I am noticing in my brief search so far is that nobody seems
> to state their broadband throughput. They all say 10/100 connections,
> but my Netgear has that!
The bottleneck you're experiencing is due to that fact that 802.11b only
operates at a max of 11Mbps. 802.11g goes up to 54Mbps, which is more than
enough for your 20Mbps connection, and any router with 10/100 ethernet (i.e.
100Mbps) won't cause an issue.
