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Wireless Router G or B?

  • 11-09-2004 2:44pm
    #1
    visigoth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭


    I'm running on a normal 512k connection, I have a wireless network setup with a that is 802.11b
    What would be the difference if the wirless modem was G instead?


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  • #2
    digitaldr
    Registered Users Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭digitaldr


    g will give you faster data transfer between computers on your network - if you want reliable MPEG2 streaming this is the one to go for, b is fine for mp3 streaming. As far as broadband is concerned there's no difference in speed between b or g.


  • #3
    Ripwave
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,188 ✭✭✭Ripwave


    visigoth wrote:
    I'm running on a normal 512k connection, I have a wireless network setup with a that is 802.11b
    What would be the difference if the wirless modem was G instead?
    802.11b is capable of 11Mbps speeds (~20 times as fast as your typical DSL connection). 802.11G is capable of 54Mbps (~100 times as fast as your typical DSL connection). In practice, you'd be lucky to actually achieve half those rates under anything other than ideal conditions.


  • #4
    ken90
    Registered Users Posts: 194 ✭✭ken90


    11G is already faster than 512k.
    G would be no improvement .
    If needed, upgrade bb.


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