I've seen amounts such as 11Mbps, 54 Mbps, etc. I'm assuming it's a transfer rate, so how fast is each one? What's the lastest and best rate? and please tell me its almost as fast as some wired connections?!?
2006-07-02 12:53:36 · 6 answers · asked by muajo3 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Mbps = Mega Bits Per Second, so an 11Mbps bandwidth processes up to 11 million bits (a digital one or zero) every second. 802.11b is 11 Mbps. The newer 802.11g is 54 Mbps. Every character of this text for example can be represented by one byte or 8 bits. The 802.11n standard (look up "MIMO") is not complete yet, but some vendors are shipping pre-standard devices and they will get up to about 500 Mbps, maybe.
Note that these speeds are raw throughput. A wireless G network at 54Mbps will never give you more than about 25 Mbps of throughput even under ideal conditions, because of the way the wireless protocols work. Look up CSMA/CA or RTS/CTS for more info there.
So in general, wired connections will always be faster. With 802.11n coming next year perhaps, you might get 200+ Mbps of throughput, but in the wireless world this is at HALF duplex. So this will still probably not outperform a FULL duplex 100 Mbps wired connection.
2006-07-02 14:18:43 · answer #1 · answered by networkmaster 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Megabits per second is Mbps, Megabytes per second is Mb/s or MB/sec.
8 bits = 1 byte, so to convert Mbps to MB/s just divide by 8. 54 Mbps is the max speed for 802.11g wireless network cards. That is the fastest right now, however 802.11n is coming out soon.
Wired connections can go much faster, usually we see 100 Mbps LAN connections.
2006-07-02 12:58:19 · answer #2 · answered by TheAnomaly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Megabytes per second. It is a measure of speed, the bigger the number the faster the network card/connection...
The fastest available wireless card that I know about is 54 Mbps, nowhere near the fastest connection (1 TBps) about 8388608 Mbps... *l*
2006-07-02 13:00:35 · answer #3 · answered by Andrew 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
real velocity of those playing cards could join 8 ie you need to divide the speeds via 8. So the fifty 4 mbps ought to offer 6.seventy 5 on LAN. The 108 ought to offer 13.5mbps.the internet velocity relies upon on the site visitors on your community.
2016-11-01 02:48:00 · answer #4 · answered by filonuk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"mbs" means megabyts per second. the greater the number, the more data is being sent and received each second. the latest rate so far is 100 mbs. this particular connection is almost as fast as some wired connections. the problem is that this particular connection is not easy to find and not easy on the pocketbook.
2006-07-02 13:01:00 · answer #5 · answered by havetoknow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mbps is megabytes per second. The bigger the number the faster it is.
2006-07-02 12:59:35 · answer #6 · answered by chris19742000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋