John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:38:23 +0100, hlexa@hotmail.com (Axel
> Hammerschmidt) wrote in <1hov6zm.e6hqn5odi4owN%hlexa@hotmail.com>:

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> >OK. So the router runs at 27 Mbps with the repeater - is that constant
> >or only when the repeater is active?
>
> The router, just like the repeater and all other wireless devices, still
> runs at a maximum of 54 Mbps, but only 1/2 as often (because of
> bandwidth taken for repeating).
>
> >Anyway! The router shares the available bandwidth with the station that
> >connects directly to the router and the repeater. The station then gets
> >13.5 Mbps and not 27 Mbps.
>
> 1. All devices (router, local station, repeater, remote station) are
> sharing the same channel.
>
> 2. Only one device can be transmitting at a time.
>
> 3. The repeater doubles the amount of wireless traffic (for all devices
> it can "hear"), thereby cutting effective network speed in half.
>
> >So two stations, one connected directly to the router and the other
> >using the repeater, each achieve 13.5 Mbps.
>
> No, a repeater turns a maximum 54 Mbps network into a 27 Mbps network
> for all devices on that network. (Actual speeds will typically be much
> less.)

They are nominal values. Gives the same result as your numbers.

> Consider a network with access point AP, local wireless device LW,
> repeater WR, and remote device RW. When LW is talking to AP, WR is
> still repeating:
> Packet 1 from LW to AP
> Repeat of packet 1 by WR
> Packet 2 from AP to LW
> Repeat of packet 2 by WR

Why not use 802.11 no men cla ture?