Author: Stuart Matheson Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Wireless Broadband Firewall/Router Recommendations?
Do wireless networks max out at about 30% utilisation like the old shared
(coax) ethernet setups?
2008/9/2 Mark Johnson <mark@???>
>
> > 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.
>
> HTH,
> Mark
>
>
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