aaronwt
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join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
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Re: Downstream is nice but....
said by dadkins  :said by Cheese :said by baineschile :100mbs is a tough thing to do. Not necessarly technically, but people are always expecting improvement in the internet speed area. After 100mbs, it gets sticky. 99% of all ethernet cards out there are rated at 100, which means they cant get any higher than that. People would have to upgrade TONS of personal equipment (not only multiple aspects of hardware, but some OS software too) to get above 100. And most of the newer computers/cards have gigabit and that is becoming standard. My 4 1/2 year old laptop has a gigabit NIC.  I've been using Gigabit since 2001. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Beyond that ... many wireless routers - unless 'N' or better, are 54 or 108Mbps - and that doesn't include overhead.
Many wireless routers also have 100Mbps ports (haven't seen many that have GigE ports attached, unless they're the WAN port. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO | My WRT310N is gigabit, but only on the LAN side (seriously). Then again, it's a $90 router. |
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aaronwt
Premium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
·Verizon FIOS
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said by en102 :Beyond that ... many wireless routers - unless 'N' or better, are 54 or 108Mbps - and that doesn't include overhead. Many wireless routers also have 100Mbps ports (haven't seen many that have GigE ports attached, unless they're the WAN port. Just the opposite for me. My last three wireless routers each had 4 gigabit ports. And my current one is the first router I've owned that has a gigabit WAN port. |
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johan_hammy
join:2003-08-08
Dekalb, IL | reply to en102
You can figure that 802.11 ABG will do 1/2 of their rated speed in actual throughput. I'm not sure on 802.11 N. |
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