Network Gurus 802.11N

[MrTed46]

Anyone experience the new(est) wirless 802.11N?

 

 

 

I was thinking of running 100feet of Cat5e cable outside my house to network 2 locations but now I am looking at the 802.11N.

 

 

 

Is it really faster than running wired cat5e? I am not looking at faster than 100MBPs but buying 2 of these routers, although expensive will be preferable if I can maintain the same speed as wired cat5e.

 

 

 

Thought?

[rocknrobn26]

Anyone experience the new(est) wirless 802.11N?

 

 

 

I was thinking of running 100feet of Cat5e cable outside my house to network 2 locations but now I am looking at the 802.11N.

 

 

 

Is it really faster than running wired cat5e? I am not looking at faster than 100MBPs but buying 2 of these routers, although expensive will be preferable if I can maintain the same speed as wired cat5e.

 

 

 

Thought?

 

 

There were differing opinions on this awhile back. As I recall, if your up/downloading files over the local you WILL see a diff.. If your only trying to get a faster internet speed via the wireless, it won't make a diff.

Anyone???

[MrTed46]

Yes, you will NOT gain anything in terms of internet speed.

 

I am asking if 802.11N is just as fast as a wired cat5e connection (home network not internet).

[Ursa Majoris]

Yes, you will NOT gain anything in terms of internet speed.

 

I am asking if 802.11N is just as fast as a wired cat5e connection (home network not internet).

 

In theory and if you believe all the blurbs, yes. Certainly it's a lot less trouble than running cable 100 feet. 802.11N is supposed to be 160 Mbps but I would bet that in practical terms, real throughput will be less than that. However, it is assuredly faster than 802.11g.

 

As RR indicated, the Internet remains the bottleneck but device to device on a LAN will definitely be faster - it will be very close to wired 100 Mbps Ethernet.