[Leaplist] advice on wifi router please

[Derek Konigsberg]

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Aaron Morrison wrote:
> But essentially, unless you want bleeding edge, get a "G" router.  That will 
> give you the best performance and compatibility for the widest variety of 
> devices and most all "G" devices are backwards compatible with "B" devices. 
> Nominal speed for 802.11g is 54 Mbit/sec.

Well, the "on the box" spec speed is 54 Mbit/sec.  In reality, 802.11g 
means you'll get about 18-22 MBit/sec, even if you're 5 feet from the 
access point.  (the same actual-to-spec ratio is true with 802.11b)

Now with wired Ethernet (different letters following 802.3), you don't get 
100% of the spec speed either, but you do get *much* closer to it than 
with wireless.

-Derek