On Thu, 8 Nov 2012, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
On Thu 08 Nov 2012 20:16:56 NZDT +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
Not all he needs though. He also needs a (linux compatible) wireless card
in his desktop to connect to the AP.
TP-Link, with Atheros chip, PCI card, cheap (appr $60 I think). With 3
pig antennas out the back.
TL-WN951N, ComputerLounge, $54 into your hot little hands
Volker
One more data point: a few months ago, I got a D-Link DSL-G604T
http://www.dlink.co.nz/products/?pid=372 on trademe for about $ 10 a,
and the PCI card is a D-Link DWA-525 from the shop at the corner for $
49.
This all runs fine with OpenSUSE 12.1 - I just plugged it in,
configured the WiFi security via the WiFi router's web interface (the
D-Link software is not the pretties I have ever seen, but it has been
working rock solid for the past few months), and everyone in the house
is happy, including the mobile device users. To be fair, none of us
need really high bandwidth. Usually this configuration delivers
download rates up to around 800 KiB / s - and this would be somwhere
around 8 Mbps on the ADSL line. So possibly the ADSL is the limiting
factor here. After all, this WiFi setup should be able to deliver up
to 54 Mbps (with the old router being the slowest component... the
DWA-525 can goes up to 150 Mbps).
The emphasis here was on getting something working quickly with
minimum effort and cost to provide connectivity from the router to the
PC in a different room, where new cabling was not possible, and at the
same time to provide WiFi for the mobile devices.
You can also get Ethernet over Power (EoP) devices with integrated
WiFi... there are endless possibilities of combining these
technologies. If you need high performance, look at the performance
parameters of the devices you are buying, but keep in mind that the
data rates printed in spec sheets usually are data rates on the
physical link, and therefore your payload throughput is generally
less. How much less depends on various limiting factors. As pointed
out by others here, too, these include: protocol overheads and
inefficiencies, noise and interference, signal attenuation, and
obviously bottlenecks in other parts of the network, etc.
Kind regards,
Helmut.
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