[Leaplist] advice on wifi router please

[andrei raevsky]

thanks for these details. the vendor at Radio Shack had no idea about all
this and neither did I.

Cheers!

On 7/18/07, Derek Konigsberg <octo at logicprobe.org> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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