Equipment Support > Hardware By Brand > Linksys > WRT54GL and giga speed?

said by jimbopalmer:

Physical, you can however put an 8 port gig switch behind a WRT54GL, so your local traffic is faster.

said by antdude:

Do those faster speeds exist that are similiar to WRT54GL existed a few months ago?

said by Thane_Bitter:

If you are transferring files over wireless your next logical step would be to get an N wireless access point or router. N is still going to below wired gigabit speeds but it is still much faster then G speeds. The final version governing the operation of N products was finally ratified this past November after years of dragging along (N draft, N 2.0 draft, etc.) Since then nothing much as changed, N isn't going to get any faster.

jimbopalmer advice is quite sound, unless you have N hardware already why shell a sum of money on a new wireless router if you do your heavy file transfers by wire. A small five port gigabit switch is an affordable way to boost performance (assuming your computers support gig as well), all you need to do is plug it in and connect the Ethernet cables.

said by Thane_Bitter:

Ah, gotcha.
Technically speeding Cat6 cable is the standard for building gigabit networks.

If you have factory made Cat5e cables (look along the length of the cable for printing describing its specs) they should work fine. Even good quality (and terminated) Cat5 cable should work.

said by Thane_Bitter:

Even if they are CAT5 they will probally work - only one way to know for sure.

said by Thane_Bitter:Technically speeding Cat6 cable is the standard for building gigabit networks.