802.11b is not full duplex meaning 5.5 mbps is the max transfer rate. Minus overhead, plus latency etc.
And unless your streaming 30 fps high res. video 5.5 mbps should be enough. Things to look at though are your RSSI level. The higher the number the better ( -60 is better then -90). To check that open the utility that came with your pc card or RTFM. Or look at how your receiving your stream of video. Test it on a 100 mb ethernet and see if you still get choppy video. 802.11a might be overkill depending on your application. Alexis >yeah i know 802.11b isnt good enough for streaming >video,but i am basically doing some research and >802.11b is all what i have with me to work on.i can >later extend it to 802.11a but right now i need the >solutions for 802.11b.any way i can continuously >monitor the bandwidth available? >Thaks, >Vinod >--- Jeromie Reeves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> You would be better off with 11a for streaming. >> 11b will work an many people use it as such. >> Its just hard to keep a good, high rate out of 11a >> under high load or multiple user's. >> >> Jeromie >> >> At 01:48 PM 6/29/2002 -0700, you wrote: >> >I was looking to find out what speed's my orinoco >> gold >> >card can give me and found that turbo NIC's can >> give >> >upto 6Mbps while others just 2Mbps.My orinoco >> package >> >doesnt mention it as a turbo,so how do i make out >> that >> >it's a turbo card or not? >> >But one thing i have noticed is that sometimes it >> >gives me a bandwidth close to 5Mbps while sometimes >> >suddenly drops to under 2Mbps.Is there anyway i can >> >monitor the rate so that i know what kinda >> >applications it can support? I do a lot of >> multimedia >> >streaming which is bandwidth sensitive and knowing >> >beforehand what bandwidth is available is very >> >important. >> > I have my cards installed under FreeBSD 4.5 and >> in >> >ad-hoc mode with one acting as a gateway to the >> >internet. >> > >> >wicontrol isnt much help when it comes to knowing >> the >> >exact bandwidth available because when i am getting >> >5Mbps it shows a TX rate of 11 and the same 11 when >> i >> >am getting a bandwidth of only 3.5Mbps. >> >Hope someone can share some knowledge about 802.11b >> >throughput and rate control. >> >Thanks in advance, >> >Vinod >> > >> > >> >__________________________________________________ >> >Do You Yahoo!? >> >Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup >> >http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com >> >-- >> >general wireless list, a bawug thing >> <http://www.bawug.org/> >> >[un]subscribe: >> http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup >http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com >-- >general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> >[un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
