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On Friday 18 Jun 2010 19:06:40 Gordon Henderson wrote: > > Don't belive the hype about link speeds and Wi-Fi... 802.11b touts an > 11Mb/sec speed - and it might just do that - at the signal level. At the > user level you're lucky to see 5Mb/sec. Same for 'g' - 54Mb/sec at the > signal level and 22Mb/sec at the user end. > Indeed - there are so many variables that the advertised speeds are mostly meaningless, but 802.11n is still the fastest generally-available wifi standard which is why I suggested it. I would imagine that on a point-to-point link over a short distance, with directional aerials and no encryption the speed should be good enough for most purposes. If you need serious bandwidth then you have to buy a serious solution :-) Of course when you start reaching speeds >20Mbit/s router processing power can become an issue, so cheap routers will limit throughput even if they support the 802.11n standard (just ask anyone fortunate enough to have a properly fast Internet connection how important choice of router is!). Regards, David. -- David Johnson www.david-web.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html