Faster Wireless Than 54 Mb ?

[Lee H]

Hmm time to replace my Cat 5e cabling ?

http://www.buffalotech.com/wireless/...01-08-04b.html

happy reading

Lee

[Stoo]

Not really, cat5e will spank wireless all over the place for a good while yet
I think (from working my way through the marketing speech) that it's just a way of keeping the bandwidth up when you have multiple 802.11g devices running from the same router..

" The WHR2-G54 is an 802.11g compliant router that offers an added mode of operation equivalent to a signal rate of 125Mbps."

and

“Broadcom’s latest offering provides both 802.11g-compliance and a performance mode that can significantly increase throughput in an 802.11g-capable network. By incorporating AfterBurner into its new broadband router, Buffalo provides the ideal technology for anyone with an 802.11g compliant wireless network who demands the utmost in performance, compatibility and reliability.”

are the key points it would seem

It's a bit like the big routers with multi gigabit interconnects, you need large internal throughputs to be able to support multiple connections without slowing it all down

[Avalon]

... and that's without factoring in cat5's ability to do gigabit, I like WiFi, don't get me wrong it has lots of practical uses and i'd be at a disadvantage without it for laptop use. Being honest I spent the time running cat5 under the floor when i got this place knowing full well that it'd be used one way or another. Also for some reason every time I switch form wired to wifi (on the same machine) it 'feels' a little more laggy even with perfect signal strength. Don't write off wires just yet, they have a lot of life left in them

[td5]

You'd need to be 25ft away max just to get 50% of its theoretical....

[Jiff Lemon]

the bottleneck isn't the network yet; plenty of life left in CAT5 yet.

Wireless has its uses, but it'll be a while before it replaces CAT5.

[Lee H]

the bottleneck isn't the network yet; plenty of life left in CAT5 yet.

Wireless has its uses, but it'll be a while before it replaces CAT5.

Yeap - gonna keep my cat 5, wireless is too costly at the moment really.

Best Regards

Lee

[wasabi]

Wireless is handy if you can live with flakey low bandwidth high cost gimmicky crap - if you need a network then use cable.

[nichomach]

I'm of two minds about this - I do feel that cable is superior in reliability and speed, but having set up a small office with 54Mb wireless and seeing the performance in that environment, WiFi certainly has its place. I'm very wary of "enhanced modes", since they tend to be pretty vendor specific; I'd rather take plain 802.11g and be sure that it'd work. For general use (file access, email, web usage your basic office network stuff) 54Mb is easily fast enough, though, and that covers a LOT of environments.