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From: Wheeler Army Airfield, HI
Originally posted by brantshali
High speed like as in 100mbps or just higher than 10mbps?
High speed like as in 100mbps or just higher than 10mbps?
802.11b = 11 Mbps on 2.4 GHz - currently most common
802.11g = 54 Mbps on 2.4 GHz
802.11a = 54 Mbps on 5 GHz
The speed becomes more important with wireless because it is shared among all devices connected to the access point. Picture a 54 Mbps pie....each person gets a slice until it's gone...then no more bandwidth. With a wired CAT5 connection....that PC gets the whole pie.
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For connecting to computers within the LAN, 54 is a major upgrade. For connecting to the internet 11 is fine since that's about the max of most of their high speed networks anyway...
I'm glad to see more of the industry embracing wireless. It's got a great number of technical hurdles (bandwidth sharing, etc.) but the payoffs are worth it when it comes to the flexibility of manipulating the physical elements of the network.
I'm glad to see more of the industry embracing wireless. It's got a great number of technical hurdles (bandwidth sharing, etc.) but the payoffs are worth it when it comes to the flexibility of manipulating the physical elements of the network.
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From: Austin
[QUOTE]Originally posted by ltweintz
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This is the wireless speed breakdown:
802.11b = 11 Mbps on 2.4 GHz - currently most common
802.11g = 54 Mbps on 2.4 GHz
802.11a = 54 Mbps on 5 GHz
The speed becomes more important with wireless because it is shared among all devices connected to the access point.
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This is the wireless speed breakdown:
802.11b = 11 Mbps on 2.4 GHz - currently most common
802.11g = 54 Mbps on 2.4 GHz
802.11a = 54 Mbps on 5 GHz
The speed becomes more important with wireless because it is shared among all devices connected to the access point.
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RiceBurnerTX, I believe it's like the difference between DSL and cable modem. With DSL you have a dedicated amount of bandwidth which is similar to a CAT 5 cable from your PC to the switch/hub/access point. With cable modem you actually share the bandwidth with everyone in your neighborhood and the company theoretically limits the number of people going through a given access point to guarantee you bandwidth...much like you would do with Wi-Fi.
I think...
I think...