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My home network contains two computers, my Athlon tower PC on LAN connection & my PIII laptop on WAN. I have a 125 Mbps PCMCIA card & a 125 Mbps capable wireless router but the actual transmission is 54 Mbps. I have been told this is fine & the standard all wireless networks operate at. But surely the router should default to 125 Mbps if my hardware supports it. If my hardware does not support it, where is the bottle neck? Would it be the LAN network card on my tower?
I can post specs on request. Please could someone explain in simple terms why this is?
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| Are they made by the same manufacturer? Edit: Sorry just noticed your new here, welcome to the forum
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125Mbps Wi-Fi isn't an official standard, so you'll only get that speed if all the hardware uses the same protocol (usually meaning the hardware needs to be all made by the same manufacturer). The speed will drop down to 54Mbps otherwise.
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Ok, the card/router is not made by the same manufacturer but I do happen to have a Zoom wireless card, my router also being Zoom. So will try that.
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| Even with matched brands it still maxes out at 54Mbps. I guess it is not to be & have gone back to my Buffalo card as has smaller footprint & even manages to look funkier.
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But do both the Zoom router and Zoom card both specifically support 125Mbps (and the same *type* of 125Mbps)?
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Original IBM PC (4.77MHz 8088, 256KB RAM, monochrome) · Original IBM PC XT (4.77MHz 8088, 512KB, 10MB HDD, monochrome) · Original Compaq Deskpro (7.14MHz 8086, 640KB, 20MB HDD, CGA graphics)
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The router supports up to 125 speed & the card supports up to 140 speed tho it says it supports 125 as well as 140? I just thought Zooms stuff would automatically be compatible???
"The actual speed you get depends on the type of data being sent and the actual data rate of your 802.11g connection."
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"Higher effective speeds...can be achieved by using special compression algorithms and techniques like packet aggregation & frame bursting."
The Buffalo G card says, "When operating in high speed mode, this Wi-Fi device achieves an actual throughput of up to 34.1 Mbps, which is the equivalent throughput of a system following 802.11g protocol and operating at a signalling rate of 125 Mbps. Actual data rate...and performance may vary depending on your computer system, the enviroment & other factors." Ahh yeh, ur right, then it says, "Maximum speed...is achievable when used with the same enhanced mode technology."
Zoom technical support say 54 Mbps is fine & it's down to my computer.
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Sounds like Zoom are feeding you a line, though they're correct that 54Mbps is adequate (unless you're doing a lot of filesharing with other users on your network).
Classic PCs
Original IBM PC (4.77MHz 8088, 256KB RAM, monochrome) · Original IBM PC XT (4.77MHz 8088, 512KB, 10MB HDD, monochrome) · Original Compaq Deskpro (7.14MHz 8086, 640KB, 20MB HDD, CGA graphics)
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Commodore VIC-20 · C64 original · C64 Terminator edition · C16 · Amiga 500 · Amiga 600 · Amiga 600 HD · Amiga 1200 Acorn Electron · A3010 (Archimedes) · A4000 (Archimedes) Others Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K · Dragon 32
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Nintendo Wii · GameCube purple (x 2) · GameCube black · N64 black (x 2) · N64 clear blue · SNES (x 2) · NES (x 2) · DS silver (x 3) · GBA SP silver · GBA purple · GBA clear · Game Boy Color clear · Game Boy Sega Dreamcast x 3 · Saturn · Mega Drive II · Mega Drive · Master System Atari 10-in-1 · Jaguar (x 2) · 7800 · 2600 wood-grain Microsoft Xbox 360 · Xbox Others Mattel Intellivision · MB Vectrex · GoldStar 3DO · Sony PlayStation (original)
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