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broadband connection speed via router!! 1
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First of all, the "2 meg" connection you're talking about is megabits per second (mbps). So a 125mbps connection has 123mbps to spare!
Second, don't buy into all the hype of superfast wireless routers. If it uses 'G' technology it's limited to 54mbps, but they try to tweak other things like compression and using a wide spectrum in the 2.4GHz range to make it "seem" faster. It might max out around 70-80mbps if you're lucky, but will likely average 20-30mbps.
Wireless is fine for internet browsing and downloading, since your broadband connection is much slower than wireless. But when it comes to transferring files from PC to PC or remote controlling devices on your home network, ethernet will be much faster and more reliable (though it's a pain to wire your whole house). If you don't care about all that, then wireless is the way to go.
And finally, more than 2 or 3 PC's sharing one wireless access point will start to take its toll on your bandwidth. So take that into account too.
~cdogg
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein
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Second, don't buy into all the hype of superfast wireless routers. If it uses 'G' technology it's limited to 54mbps, but they try to tweak other things like compression and using a wide spectrum in the 2.4GHz range to make it "seem" faster. It might max out around 70-80mbps if you're lucky, but will likely average 20-30mbps.
Wireless is fine for internet browsing and downloading, since your broadband connection is much slower than wireless. But when it comes to transferring files from PC to PC or remote controlling devices on your home network, ethernet will be much faster and more reliable (though it's a pain to wire your whole house). If you don't care about all that, then wireless is the way to go.
And finally, more than 2 or 3 PC's sharing one wireless access point will start to take its toll on your bandwidth. So take that into account too.
~cdogg
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein
[tab][navy]For general rules and guidelines to get better answers, click here:[/navy] faq219-2884
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