Wireless Routers - 54 or 108?

[waykins]

Hi all I've looked around but can't find anything on this so here goes and it might be a stupid question but could anyone please tell me the difference between a 54mpbs and 108mpbs wireless router. For example is the number for only file transfer or does it help boost internet speed, thanks.

[GroundZero3]

108 Mbps is just a marketing gimick.

[nemowolf]

Originally Posted by GroundZero3

108 Mbps is just a marketing gimick.

I wouldnt exactly go that far, definately mostly marketing but it does have SOME theoretical basis.

54mbps is the fastest the standard allows but its only half duplex so it sends and then receives. 108 bumps it to full duplex so you get faster transfers but it requires that both ends are using the same standard/IE Manufacturer. There are many factors that are going to decrease the speed such as distance, interference and random environmental stuff. No one is going to have true 108mpbs connections further then a few inches away in an open field with no other electronics anywhere near by and it being a complete dead zone from any other wireless transmissions.

[PoonDoggy]

Originally Posted by GroundZero3

108 Mbps is just a marketing gimick.

Very informative.

54mbps is the fastest the standard allows but its only half duplex so it sends and then receives. 108 bumps it to full duplex so you get faster transfers but it requires that both ends are using the same standard/IE Manufacturer. There are many factors that are going to decrease the speed such as distance, interference and random environmental stuff

Short, to the point description. Thanks. Learn something new every day,

[GroundZero3]

Well poon since I thought a very simple answer would suffice as it is pretty much that is what it is; a gimmick with no real standard backing it. Its a pre-N (mimo) marketing gimmick that takes up two channels that pretty much kills the regular G routers out there. The 108 Mbps advertisement is only in theory, those extreme G routers hardly take advantage of what it says it capable of doing. The problem with wireless is the time it takes to send and receive the packets and all this is doing is trying to send the packets back and forth faster with a standard that wasn't really designed with that in mind. Once you have another client connect the chops the bandwidth in half and continues with every client that is connect. (this is supposed to not be an issue with N). Just to add on to what nemo said, as of right now you will never 108 Mbps even if you are only a few inches from the router.

If he really want performance and speed then he would start looking at N equipment. The standard is so far along now, I'm sure they wont be make any drastic changes when it becomes finalize. Like nemo mentioned to get the "extreme G" out of the you have to purchase the equipment to support it, which means you are buying equipment that isn't a standard.

[PoonDoggy]

GZ...sorry about the sarcasm.

Thanks for the details.