Posted by Kromey at 12:53pm Aug 17 '12"Fast Ethernet" is capable of maximum throughput of 100Mbps.
"Wireless-N" is capable of maximum throughput of 300Mbps (in "channel bonded" or "40 MHz" mode"; roughly 130Mbps in single-channel mode).
(Both reference theoretical -- I'm fully aware that actual throughput will vary and will in actuality be lower than this.)
Both of these facts I have been aware of for some time. However, only just now am I putting 2-and-2 together to realize this:
What is the point in buying a Wireless-N AP that only has a 10/100 Ethernet link in it?? "Woo-hoo! My wireless devices can talk to each other at 300Mbps! Unfortunately they're throttle back to a third of that on my Gigabit network when they're downloading from my file server..."
I guess even bottle-necked down to 100Mbps across the wire, that's still almost twice the speed of Wireless-G. But, still, if you're going to sell Wireless-N APs, wouldn't you want to give your customers the ability to actually get that 300Mbps speed you advertise on the box?
"Wireless-N" is capable of maximum throughput of 300Mbps (in "channel bonded" or "40 MHz" mode"; roughly 130Mbps in single-channel mode).
(Both reference theoretical -- I'm fully aware that actual throughput will vary and will in actuality be lower than this.)
Both of these facts I have been aware of for some time. However, only just now am I putting 2-and-2 together to realize this:
What is the point in buying a Wireless-N AP that only has a 10/100 Ethernet link in it?? "Woo-hoo! My wireless devices can talk to each other at 300Mbps! Unfortunately they're throttle back to a third of that on my Gigabit network when they're downloading from my file server..."
I guess even bottle-necked down to 100Mbps across the wire, that's still almost twice the speed of Wireless-G. But, still, if you're going to sell Wireless-N APs, wouldn't you want to give your customers the ability to actually get that 300Mbps speed you advertise on the box?
added on 12:53pm Aug 17 '12:
I have a TEW-637AP Wireless-N access point with a 10/100 Ethernet link plugged into my Gigabit switch -- which is where this whole thing came from.
Strange... - Kromey