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Old 02-15-2008, 03:38 AM
John Navas
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:39:59 -0500, Sgt-Mess
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>Hi i'm looking for good advice on what kind of wireless router I should
>get. Right now I have a WRK54G which is as old as dinosaurs.
>
>I was hoping I could find a router with 10/100/1000 ports. ...


Why? 1000 ports won't actually do you much good.

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Old 02-15-2008, 01:26 PM
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>>Hi i'm looking for good advice on what kind of wireless router I should
>>get. Right now I have a WRK54G which is as old as dinosaurs.
>>
>>I was hoping I could find a router with 10/100/1000 ports. ...

>
> Why? 1000 ports won't actually do you much good.


Sure they will, not for wireless of course, but they'll certainly improve
any bulk traffic present on the local network. As in, if you've got a
computer pushing/pulling video to a Tivo or other DVR. I upgraded my own
network to use an 8 port gigE router and a gigE interface on the PC handling
just that sort of traffic. While the Tivos themselves remained using
100BaseT connections. This improved their performance to allow them both to
simultaneously transfer programs to/from the PC at the same speed. About a
35% improvement over past simultaneous performance. Even their box-to-box
transfers improved, mainly due to having better throughput on the switch.

So if you've got a lot of large files being moved about and more than just
one or two machines, it may make sense to use a gigE capable switch and
interfaces in the PCs.

-Bill Kearney



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Old 02-15-2008, 04:33 PM
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Default Re: Wireless router help.

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:26:09 -0500, "Bill Kearney"
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<rp6dnQBQodFsDyjanZ2dnUVZ_vqpnZ2d@speakeasy.net> :

>>>Hi i'm looking for good advice on what kind of wireless router I should
>>>get. Right now I have a WRK54G which is as old as dinosaurs.
>>>
>>>I was hoping I could find a router with 10/100/1000 ports. ...

>>
>> Why? 1000 ports won't actually do you much good.

>
>Sure they will, not for wireless of course, but they'll certainly improve
>any bulk traffic present on the local network. ...


Actually measure it. I think you'll find the 100 ports just as fast.

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Old 02-18-2008, 12:02 AM
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>>Sure they will, not for wireless of course, but they'll certainly improve
>>any bulk traffic present on the local network. ...

>
> Actually measure it. I think you'll find the 100 ports just as fast.



I wouldn't have posted without having ACTUAL experience.

And having actually measured it, I did find it faster.

Not in direct one-to-one traffic, but in one-to-one traffic while OTHER
traffic was also traversing the switch. As in, file transfers from one PC
to another while two Tivo units were also transferring programs. THAT's
where moving from a 100BaseT switch to a gigE switch made some degree of
difference. This was before also upgrading the network cards in the PCs to
gigE as well. That made the PC transfers even quicker, as one would
expect. But without slowing down the Tivo MRV transfers (as those are slow
due to the use of USB and the software on the Tivos).

So actually test something before shooting off your mouth, jackass.



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Old 02-18-2008, 04:32 AM
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On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:02:00 -0500, "Bill Kearney"
<wkearney99@hotmail.com> wrote in
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>>>Sure they will, not for wireless of course, but they'll certainly improve
>>>any bulk traffic present on the local network. ...

>>
>> Actually measure it. I think you'll find the 100 ports just as fast.

>
>I wouldn't have posted without having ACTUAL experience.
>
>And having actually measured it, I did find it faster.


Real numbers please.

>So actually test something before shooting off your mouth, jackass.


I didn't think so.

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