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Thread ID: 76797	2007-02-16 05:04:00	Which is faster, ethernet or wireless?	annie (6010)	Press F1

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525110	2007-02-16 05:04:00	For a small (2-computer) home network, which would be faster - wireless, or ethernet (uses a 25m cat-5 cable run through the walls with a wall socket at each end, with router plugged in at one end and computer at the other)? I would use a Linksys router, roughly the same specs whether I get it with ethernet or wireless. Thanks	annie (6010)
525111	2007-02-16 05:12:00	Ethernet is faster; assuming your computer's network interface card (NIC) is capable of 100Mb/s.	bachelorno1 (6556)
525112	2007-02-16 05:16:00	Thanks for that.	annie (6010)
525113	2007-02-16 05:28:00	Depends what wireless u have / or get. There's B and G and now N, which is a lot faster than B or G... (about 12x as fast as G). And it also has a longer range than the other 2. BUT, its also more expensive.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
525114	2007-02-16 05:55:00	Depends what wireless u have / or get. There's B and G and now N, which is a lot faster than B or G... (about 12x as fast as G). And it also has a longer range than the other 2. BUT, its also more expensive. Still not up to 100Mb/s - yet.	decibel (11645)
525115	2007-02-16 05:57:00	The router I was looking at had G capability, but since the cat 5 cable is already in place, I may as well go with it if there's no real advantage in wireless. The current network seems a bit slow though betweent the router and the win 98 computer in the back room, but that's probably the because the win 98 system is not all that flash anyway despite a reload, it's very slow. Thx	annie (6010)
525116	2007-02-16 06:00:00	Still not up to 100Mb/s - yet. Well it could be with Wireless N - or higher. You wouldnt notice any diff between Wireless B,G and ethernet anyway. Although ethernet maybe more secure than B,G, or N. On a network. I've tried both and transferring files and using the net with both there's not that much diff between the 2. They take around the same time to xfer a file, no matter how big it is. Well the only advantage really is its wireless, you would have to configure wireless properly so if you're on broadband, noone else can use it. This would depend on what you get, what it supports, and everything u have thats wireless would have to support the same encryption for it to at least be secure. And a good range, depending on where the networked PC's are in a house or a building, or whatever it is.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
525117	2007-02-16 06:33:00	On a network. I've tried both and transferring files and using the net with both there's not that much diff between the 2. They take around the same time to xfer a file, no matter how big it is. The wireless computers must have been very close to the access point. I've found wireless to be a lot slower than ethernet.	Greven (91)
525118	2007-02-16 06:53:00	The wireless computers must have been very close to the access point. I've found wireless to be a lot slower than ethernet. Well it is here, (across the room from the other, which has the AP in the USB adapter), since there's nowhere else to put this PC. B and G maybe slow but I would say Wireless N would go further, (5 x further than G), as some of these Wireless-N adapters have 3 aerials.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
525119	2007-02-16 08:21:00	There's more than one significant factor in speed (latency, bandwidth and resilience under heavy load are the main ones) but generally wired networks are much faster. With wired networks you have fewer interference issues, have lower latency and have a higher total bandwidth. If you put in cat6 cable you will be able to upgrade to gigabit ethernet if you ever need higher bandwidth.	TGoddard (7263)
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