On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Jeremy Sullivan wrote:
> As for how wired vs. wireless speeds, MegaZone summed it up best:
> "Also, WiFi to WiFi transfers will ALWAYS take longer than WiFi to
> Wired, and usually Wired to Wired.
Exactly. I have two S2 Tivos, one wireless and one wired. I can pull
programming from the wired one at about 750kbyte/sec but the wireless tops
out around 350kib/sec but is usually closer to 250kib/sec.
Wired is going to be faster the vast majority of the time. The hardware
is faster (sure 802.11n claims over 100mbit/s but that's under perfect
conditions and you never see those in the real world) and there's almost
infinitely less interference on a wire than over the air. Add in distance
degradation and wired wins every time. Of course wireless is far more
convenient.
-Jason
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