question from wireless rookie wireless speeds

k123456

I have a 2mb broadband connection, currently wired directly to my netopia (broadband) router thru ethernet port on my laptop (WHICH RUNS AT 100mbs)

my laptop has wireless built in (WHICH RUNS AT 56mbs), if i purchase a wireless router will my connection speed to internet drop. ie if i change from a 100mbs connection (ethernet) to a 56mbs wireless.

Thanks
Ken

Teamhair

Yep, wireless is slower alright, not a big deal when you're browsing the 'net but noticeable if you're trying to download anything bulky.

irlrobins

Nope, not at all 54Mbps is still a lot faster than your 2Mbps internet connection. The only loss you'll see is if you're transferring huge files from PC to PC. If you used wireless (54Mbps) it will be slower than a 100Mbps wired connection between the two pcs. But I'm guessing you're not doing that too often.

So short answer, you won't notice any loss od performance, provided your wireless signal is good.

irlrobins

Teamhair wrote:

Yep, wireless is slower alright, not a big deal when you're browsing the 'net but noticeable if you're trying to download anything bulky.

No you won't. The wireless is always going to be running faster than the internet connection. The internet connection is the bottleneck, not the wireless.

Teamhair

Was talking about speeds between the modem and the PC- its definitely a lot slower than using a patch lead. Especially with the Netopia modems- they're rubbish. Took me some time to extract RAR files from my torrent machine across the wireless, compared to just lashing in a crosswire.

irlrobins

Ah right, your post sounded like you meant download from internet.

Teamhair

No prob- actually, it did look like thats what I was saying. Must preview my posts in future!