802.11g, or super g?

Compare these max speeds:

802.3 (Ethernet): 100 Mbps
802.11b (WiFi): 11 Mbps (Runs in 2.4 GHz range--can interfere with cordless phones)
802.11g: 54 Mbps (Runs in 2.4 GHz range)
802.11a: 54 Mbps (Runns in 5 GHz range--better security, less range)

What kind of speed do you get on DSL? Services range anywhere from .25 to 3 Mbps. What type of network you use in the house won't matter for the Internet connection speed; only within your home network. Ethernet is still going to be the fastest, most reliable, and most secure.

 

The only difference with super G is if you go peer to peer in your home it will be faster for data transfer. If not G or Super G is fine. Really makes no difference.

 

Any of the current wireless networks are faster than your broadband connection. I have a 3 mbps cable modem (Charter Pipeline). Either my old notebook with a 802.11b card (11 mbps) or my new notebook with its built in 802.11g (54 mbps) module is much faster than the broadband link. The wireless router can handle up to 100 mbps wired. Anywhere in my house where I sit down with my notebook, the bottleneck is the connection to the internet.

Public wireless access access points are slower than my connection. When I have measured them, there are generally in the range of 300 to 700 kbps.

 

Agreed.... I wired my whole house with Ethernet cable in 2000 when it was being built - took about 3 days of solid work. I can usually get anywhere from 40-80 Mbps sustained speed between the 6 computers in my house - probably kinked some of the slower runs.

I'm not sure how fast real life wireless connections work - for example, can g really give sustained 54Mbps performance in ideal circumstances, for examples, between computers in line-of-sight in the same room?

At any rate, it is only a problem if you routinely move movie files between computers.....