54mbs it to wireless as 100mbps is to wired. But what if...?

Question

I get 54mbps wireless and a "crappy" internet speed
when i connect by ethernet cable, my speed boost up to 2x (twice)
I think it is the router, duh, the fact that it is wireless.
But if I buy a 108mbps wireless router, will it be as fast as wired internet??

Answer 1

It has nothing to do with the speed of the router. In most places, the internet speed isn't any faster than 2mbps.

You should note, however that what does matter is interference. If you have one of several common household devices or if your computer is far from the router, you may have interference issues. Another common problem is if you have plaster walls with metal mesh embedded (instead of sheet rock or drywall) .

One really common device that interferes with wireless routers is cordless phones that work in the 2.4ghz range. Look for 5.8ghz phones instead.

The reason you get faster internet when plugged in is because it's very difficult (but not impossible) to cause interference on a wired connection.

Answer 2

Let's see, there are plenty of things wrong with that statement.

A. You will be *extremely* hard pressed to find an internet provider to offer MORE than 10mbps. Let me clarify: 10 mega-bits per second.

B. The speeds you are talking about are machine speeds at OPTIMAL conditions. This means the wireless signal is 100% perfect and the signal has absolutely no degradation. Machine speeds mean speeds data transfers between one LOCAL machine to the next. Not the internet, i'm afraid.

C. You want a router that has good onboard RAM. This means more connections for you through the internet which means better response time to servers and/or P2P clients/seeds.

Answer 3

You Internet connection probably tops out at around 3mbps if you are using DSL and 8mbps or so if you are using Cable. So, 54mbps wireless should give you the same speed access to the Internet as 108mbps wireless or 100mbps wired.

Answer 4

Many people confuse the network connection speed with the internet speed. Your internet connection speed is determined by what package you signup for with your Internet Service Provider.
Most residential DSL or Cable internet connection speeds are below 2MB/s(Mega bits per second).

Wired networks, depending on the equipment used, connect computers together at 10, 100 or 1000MB/s.

Wireless networks, again depending on the equipment used, run at 1MB/s (Bluetooth), 1.6MB/s (Open Air and Home RF), 10MB/s (HomeRF 2.0), 11MB/s (802.11b), 54MB/s (802.11a. 802.11g and pre-draft 802.11n) and greater then 100MB/s (not released yet 802.11n).

Some 802.11g devices bost 108MB/s speeds, if you use only thier equpment, like Dlinks extreme air equipment.

Your internet connection on your computers can be slow because of a number of reasons.

1) Antivirus and spyware software will slow down your surfing as it inspects incoming data.

2) Do you have WEP or WAP wireless security enabled on your wireless network? This will slow your internet as the data is encrypted and decrypted between the router and wireless adapter

Hope that explains things for you.......

Answer 5

The internet connection itself is only 2mbps to 6mbps (according what type and speed of internet service you have). Seems to be some issue with the wireless device(s) themselves.....