108mbps wirless router?

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Jun 27, 2006 Posts: 2

does anybody know if they will be coming out with a wireless router capable of 108mbps anytime soon?

Posts: 3198 · Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:44 am Post subject:

not sure what this has to do with Vonage, but 108mbps has been out for a while. search amazon, google, or any electronics store.

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Jun 27, 2006 Posts: 2

what do you mean you're not sure what this has to do with Vonage? Vonage uses a linksys wireless router at 54mbps, with phone ports that you can use. i'm waiting for a 108mbps.

Posts: 533 · Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:10 am Post subject:

rdovale wrote:

what do you mean you're not sure what this has to do with Vonage? Vonage uses a linksys wireless router at 54mbps, with phone ports that you can use. i'm waiting for a 108mbps.

You might want to define "they" next time.

Posts: 1715 · Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:31 am Post subject:

technically, there are no 108mbps wireless routers out there. You do have a few companies which have botched the 802.11g standard and use two 802.11g channels (54+54=108), but this is non-standard and very unfriendly, as you're now taking up two wireless channels. You also are increasing the amount of interference you're generating, as well as increasing your chances of interference causing problems with your connection.

Posts: 5 · New Forum Member Joined: Jun 26, 2006 Posts: 5

And the ethernet ports on a standard cable modem are only good for how much? 10 Mbps? (note your Broadband speeds are reported in Kbps) The only advantage to the faster equipment is on your internal network for file transfers between in-network computers. My wife's computer uses an 11Mbps USB wireless adapter and her downloads and surfing are every bit as fast as my 54Mbps wireless connection. However file transfers between my son's hard wired computer and my wireless are much faster than either are when transferring to hers.

Steve

Posts: 1715 · Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:20 pm Post subject:

Unless you're running FIOS, you're only going to ever see 8Mbps max over cable/DSL. Even with FIOS, because of the way the internet works, you're never going to see more than 8Mbps except for a few rare situations. Crafthall's right in that the only time you'll notice the difference is if you're moving files between computers. I still run all of my corporate APs at 802.11b for better range and compatibility, and still have mostly 10-Base-T hubs/switches on all of my internet-only connections. I do have 24Mbps of downstream capacity at one site, 30Mbps at another, but no single business user (computer) should ever need/be using more than that.