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Name: kevin9761
Date: August 4, 2004 at 03:21:21 Pacific
OS: xp
CPU/Ram: 2400amd
Comment:

i have been looknig at WIRELESS ADSL ROUTERS and im a bit confused with all the differant speeds my broadband conection is x10 ..what speed router do i nead for this ,I dont want to go buying top of the range if it isnt necesery..

thanks alot
kevin



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Name: Dave02
Date: August 4, 2004 at 04:25:15 Pacific
Reply:

Well with wireless. Interference plays a big roll.
Interference slows down your connection speed.
As a rule of thumb that I use with wireless is.
The faster...the better.

Wireless G 54mbs or Fast wireless G 108mbs would be what I would go with.

54mbs being the lowest.

Hope this helps.


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Response Number 2
Name: kevin9761
Date: August 4, 2004 at 05:38:11 Pacific
Reply:

looks like im going 4 the expensive one them.
theres no point me having a fast connection if a cant use it to the max..

thanks.


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Response Number 3
Name: wanderer
Date: August 4, 2004 at 09:13:57 Pacific
Reply:

Think about it.

If you have a 1megabit per second [and adsl for home is usually slower then that] up/download speed and you are running at 11mbps wirelessly [which is lower then 54 or 108] you are STILL 11 TIMES FASTER THEN YOUR ADSL CONNECTION.


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Response Number 4
Name: bbaca
Date: August 5, 2004 at 13:14:21 Pacific
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If you have 11mbps wireless (802.11b), your actual bandwidth is only 5.5mbps, because for every data packet sent, an acknowledgement packet is sent to ensure delivery. All wireless standards currently available do this, so you are really only getting half the advertised bandwidth. An 11mbps will do for internet, but if you move lots of files between computers in your house, I would highly suggest you splurge and get faster. Who knows, maybe one day you'll have a 20mbps internet connection and your network still wont need to be updated?


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