54Mbps - Any faster?

My Laptop will connect at - 54Mbps. This is its maximum.
Is this the same for everyone else or are people now getting 100Mbps
wireless cards?

"Mike" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> My Laptop will connect at - 54Mbps. This is its maximum.
> Is this the same for everyone else or are people now getting 100Mbps
> wireless cards?
>

Try 300Mbps Dlink N router and USB Client.

"TeddyBare" <wlindley@konnections.net> wrote in message
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> "Mike" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:139s9dmgfemkrc8@corp.supernews.com...
>> My Laptop will connect at - 54Mbps. This is its maximum.
>> Is this the same for everyone else or are people now getting 100Mbps
>> wireless cards?
>>
>
> Try 300Mbps Dlink N router and USB Client.

I picked up an N router (DG834N) today, i will have alook around for a usb
client.
thanks

TeddyBare wrote:
> "Mike" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:139s9dmgfemkrc8@corp.supernews.com...
>
>> My Laptop will connect at - 54Mbps. This is its maximum.
>> Is this the same for everyone else or are people now getting 100Mbps
>> wireless cards?
>>
>>
>
> Try 300Mbps Dlink N router and USB Client.
>
>
>
Unless things have changed in the UK recently, you won't get 300Mbps.
Max will be approx half that 144Mbps - something to do with frequency?

I have a Netgear N series and in the USA it will do 300MBps, but UK is
limited to 144

Clive

"Mike" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> My Laptop will connect at - 54Mbps. This is its maximum.
> Is this the same for everyone else or are people now getting 100Mbps
> wireless cards?

Hi,

As I put my cursor over the connection icon and read "Speed: 108Mbps", I can
only laugh. The actual speed is probably somewhere between 35 and 45 Mbps.
As others have already said, your true speed is much less than the
advertised speed when it comes to wireless. My WLAN is all 802.11a, using
mainly DLink stuff.

What is the main traffic that you are piping? Internet or WLAN file
transfers? If all you mainly use your pipe for is internet traffic then
unless you have a T2 or greater, your "54Mbps" pipe is plenty fat...

As I get more into media sharing around the house, I may go for the 300Mbps
N stuff down the road, but for now it doesn't warrant the occassional video
streaming to the TV in the living room. (Which does work fine now for
standard definition. Down the road will probably start wanting to stream
high definition video though.)