is an wirless internet adapter as fast as ethnet?

Answer 1

It depends on the type of wireless adapter.

Wireless G is 54Mbps
Wireless N is 108Mbps

Ethernet is 100Mbps
Fast Ethernet is 1000Mbps

However you often do not connect to the wireless at full speed, so ethernet is faster. Wireless can also be a little laggy at times.

Answer 2

Basically, I think you mean 100BT Ethernet.

If you mean 1000BT, then of course not.

Anyway, you can get a 100BT Ethernet to run near that speed as often as you require, whilst a 54Mb/s wireless connection will not always even run at that speed. And like others have said, it will decrease with distance too.

And wireless connectivity has a higher latency [delay] too, more electronics and radio signals to process.

I have both, and despite the unsightly cables across the living room table to the laptop [which the gf can't stand] - I still choose the Ethernet port rather than my built-in wi-fi connection, like I'm doing now.

But the convenience of wireless cannot be overstated. Restaurant / coffee shops, are now meeting areas, rather than net connectivity tying one to the office all day. Moving to work in the bedroom, when the gf has guests around can be very useful too.

And during my ISP upgrades this week [ meaning my conn was off], it was nice to be in touch via any one of the two un-secure wi-fi conns out of a possible 13 available in the centre of Copenhagen where I am.

And Ethernet is more secure too.

So if your land-lord will allow, fit proper Ethernet extension(s) to the room(s) where you will most likely use your computer.

Its worth it.

Answer 3

Depends on the adapters and how many people are sharing the connections.

Wireless is fairly fast, but the connection can be shared by multiple users and that slows it down.

With Ethenet, there is 10BaseT, 100BaseT and Gigabit ethernet. These will all give varying performance depending on how the network is configured and the size "pipe" from the Internet to the network.

The main backlogs for Internet communications is the bandwidth on each end. Standard DSL is 768KBPS download and about 250 upload. That's about entry level for broadband. Cable and higher speed DSL is helpful.

Answer 4

It all depends on your network throughput. Say your cable connection is 7mbps. If you have a 54Mbps data connection, your internet will operate at full speed.

But, as your length from the router increases, your data connection drops. Then your internet connection may become slower. The data rates you see advertised on the routers are not for internet speed, but your network connection when say, transferring files.

In 9 out of 10 cases, a wired connection will always be faster and more reliable, especially in the case of Gigabit ethernet. Cheaper too!

Regards,
John

Answer 5

it depends on what you are using it for. If it's to have more than one computer talk to another in your home, than yes, wired ethernet is faster. If it's just for the internet, no. If you have a cable modem that's giving you 7 mbps, it doesn't matter if your network is 11 mbps, 55, or 100 mbps. none of the computers on the network are going to get the internet any faster than the cable modem is pushing into the router.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Wireless G is 54Mbps
Wireless N is 108Mbps

Ethernet is 100Mbps
Fast Ethernet is 1000Mbps

Answer 8

Ethernet is faster and more secure, with wireless you broadcast to the whole world.

Answer 9

yes and no
Ethernet=10baseT or 10Mbps, 100baseT or 100Mbps, 1000baseT or 1000Mbps or Gigabit.
wireless-b=11Mbps
wirless a & g=54Mbps
Netgear ran 108Mbps and there is now 300Mbps speeds from wireless-N (draft)

'IEEE standards' is a good search to try...

Answer 10

i don't know but i know ethnet is very good ur automatically connected