I know this isn't directly related to DAW's, but I was wondering. I'm finally going braodband and I began to think. Would the transfer rate be better on a wired router than a wireless? It seems that a wireless router's transfer rate would ultimately be restricted by the wireless receiver that attaches to the PC. I've seen the wireless routers listed at 52mps, but the receivers listed at only 5 or 11mps. Am I on the right track here?
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D-Link wired/wireless routers will hit about 22mbps max on the w
D-Link wired/wireless routers will hit about 22mbps max on the wireless link. I just finished upgrading the software for a client who owns one of these. Note there are 3 major revs of the drivers for this... so stay current.
Hardwired beats wireless hands down. It is also a whole lot easier to troubleshoot.
The real advantage to a router is getting away from the crappy PPPoE, or PPPoA emulation software used by so many broadband vendors. This software is a poor substitute for a router, and much slower.
Yeah wired is always better than wireless, but not always practi
Yeah wired is always better than wireless, but not always practical.
So the DLink router you speak of, is it a g, or one of those new 22mb b's? What sort of conditions are we speaking about here?
Yeah I hate PPP tunneling. I just moved and switched to cable broadbans from verizon dsl. Night and day. My broadband comes in as DHCP TCP/IP, and I love it!
you are on the right track. 802.11b wireless devices are limi
you are on the right track.
802.11b wireless devices are limited to 11Mb/s
That's mega-bits, not mega-bytes. So 11 Mbits is about 1.4 MBytes.
802.11g wireless devices can do 54 Mb/s. Which is a touch less than 8 MBytes per second.
Of course all this depends on proximity of the devices, electromagnetic interference, etc.
Now 802.11g is backwards compatible with 802.11b, but inserting a slower device slows the entire network.
OTOH, wired routers are capable of 100MBbit speeds, or 12.5 MBytes/sec. In addition, you have less interference and proximity issues, although long cable runs can be troublesome if they're faulty cables.
A good solution for you: get a wireless router with hardwired ports built in, like this one: http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33&scid=35&prid=577
capiche?
mitz