I got my internet speed tested at a few websites, and all of them list me roughly in the 2,000 kb/s range. But isn't that just 2 mb/s? How come some wireless routers have listed speeds up to 108 mb/s? Is there something I'm missing? Are those speeds for two different things? Thanks.
2007-05-07 18:31:24 · 3 answers · asked by Invader Z 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Okay, it makes sense now. Thanks.
2007-05-07 18:44:41 · update #1
Your 2000Kb/s , or 2Mb/s, speed that is being tested is your internet speed from your ISP, not your router. Your routers speed is the speed you can transfer data over your network, from one networked device to another.
2007-05-07 18:36:47 · answer #1 · answered by Taba 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The speed of your internet connection is the limiting factor, most residential internet connections range in speed from 768Kbps (DSL) to 20 Mb/s (FIOS) , so no matter how fast your WIFI inside your always only going as fast as your modem. Go to http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest, Run it a few times and that's your max speed.
So while your wifi router may "do" 108 mb/s (under pristine laboratory conditions, over short ranges and only in bursts) it doesn't matter, because your Internet pipe at most only gives you 3 mb/s sustained throughput..
The answer is wifi speeds like 108mb/s are mostly marketing gimmicks the only way you would see anywhere near that speed is if your communicating with two computers using ONLY the router, that is not going out to the web. Then inside your network you'll see speeds similar to that.
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2007-05-08 12:57:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋