Due to the 802.11b protocol CSMA/CA the maximum TCP throughput possible is around 70% of 11Mbps. In real life i havent seen any vendor card crossing 7Mbps.
The PCMCIA cards from good vendors tend to be 6+ Mbps in a single client situation. The rest like Dlink, linksys are around 5Mbps or less.
The 802.11g uses the same MAC as 802.11b so i assume that 70% maximum throughput formula will also hold here.
Adeel
Rob Genovesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What's the bandwidth of the uplink from the AP to the network?
>802.11a is nominally 54 Mbps: two clients pushing the full load
>would come close to filling Fast Ethernet. I suspect the uplink
>is the limiting factor.
I'm sure I could go look this up - but it's so much more fun to ask you guys :
What's the "real" throughput of 802.11a for TCP/IP?
IE: 802.11b is advertised as "11 Mbps", however that is the raw radio
communication rate. "Standard" Internet communications will rarely top 4.5
Mbps. Anyone have similiar info for 802.11b and 802.11g?
Thanks,
Rob
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