Author: Richard Danter Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Wireless Broadband Firewall/Router Recommendations?
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.
But I experience the same speed with wired machines, not just the
wireless ones, and they are connected to the router at 100Mb full
duplex. If it was just the wireless then I could probably live with it
for now.
