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WLAN cards that wont "bottleneck" my speeds?

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August 27, 2013 6:24:44 PM

So, I'm upgrading my backup pc after having to sell mine which is in the description, however I want to know which WLAN cards won't "bottleneck" (unsure what term this seemed adequate) my internet speed.

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August 27, 2013 6:29:05 PM

Jonathan Sifleet said:
So, I'm upgrading my backup pc after having to sell mine which is in the description, however I want to know which WLAN cards won't "bottleneck" (unsure what term this seemed adequate) my internet speed.

Here's my speed:



On this list what WLAN cards wont bottleneck my speed?


Under ideal conditions, all of those are capable of moving 20Mbps. 802.11n
Are your local conditions 'ideal'? I know mine aren't.
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August 27, 2013 6:32:27 PM

USAFRet said:
Jonathan Sifleet said:
So, I'm upgrading my backup pc after having to sell mine which is in the description, however I want to know which WLAN cards won't "bottleneck" (unsure what term this seemed adequate) my internet speed.

Here's my speed:



On this list what WLAN cards wont bottleneck my speed?


Under ideal conditions, all of those are capable of moving 20Mbps. 802.11n
Are your local conditions 'ideal'? I know mine aren't.


What do you mean by ideal?

I know they all say up to 150mbps(+), but after looking at different protocols on wikipedia it says that only certain protocols can reach certain speeds.
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August 27, 2013 6:41:22 PM

By 'ideal conditions', I mean having the WiFi devices very close and line of sight, and zero other interference in the area. Which is how they measure and advertise that "150Mbps".
That 150 (or 54, or 600, or whatever) is a theoretical speed.

Now...out here in the real world, with brick walls, horizontal distance, vertical distance, neighbors WiFi, other devices (microwave, cordless phones, etc)...conditions are far from 'ideal'. And so things will be 'slower'.

But given a distance not too far away, any reliable consumer grade router should be OK.
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August 27, 2013 7:00:43 PM

USAFRet said:
By 'ideal conditions', I mean having the WiFi devices very close and line of sight, and zero other interference in the area. Which is how they measure and advertise that "150Mbps".
That 150 (or 54, or 600, or whatever) is a theoretical speed.

Now...out here in the real world, with brick walls, horizontal distance, vertical distance, neighbors WiFi, other devices (microwave, cordless phones, etc)...conditions are far from 'ideal'. And so things will be 'slower'.

But given a distance not too far away, any reliable consumer grade router should be OK.




Not the best at paints but the distance is 5 meters as the crow flies (not many people know the meaning of that sentence, it means if you were looking straight down at it (assuming you don't know what it means)). And the "mod" with the really obtrusive expand icon is supposed to be the modem, all things are totally out of proportion. My phone is the iPhone 4, and is always connected to the internet (unless Im in bed and its on aeroplane mode).
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August 27, 2013 7:23:56 PM

Jonathan Sifleet said:

Not the best at paints but the distance is 5 meters as the crow flies (not many people know the meaning of that sentence, it means if you were looking straight down at it (assuming you don't know what it means)). And the "mod" with the really obtrusive expand icon is supposed to be the modem, all things are totally out of proportion. My phone is the iPhone 4, and is always connected to the internet (unless Im in bed and its on aeroplane mode).


16 feet, 11 cubits, 0.024 furlongs....should be OK, all else being equal. Any major brand 802.11n router should give that full 20Mbps speed to a single device. Connecting between devices in the LAN? Much faster.

Once you add multiple devices, that 20Mbps from your ISP is divided among them. So...4 devices, all downloading something at the same time gives 5Mbps to each. And 0.3Mbps upload.

(yes, I do know what 'as the crow flies' means)
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August 27, 2013 7:37:06 PM

USAFRet said:
Jonathan Sifleet said:

Not the best at paints but the distance is 5 meters as the crow flies (not many people know the meaning of that sentence, it means if you were looking straight down at it (assuming you don't know what it means)). And the "mod" with the really obtrusive expand icon is supposed to be the modem, all things are totally out of proportion. My phone is the iPhone 4, and is always connected to the internet (unless Im in bed and its on aeroplane mode).


16 feet, 11 cubits, 0.024 furlongs....should be OK, all else being equal. Any major brand 802.11n router should give that full 20Mbps speed to a single device. Connecting between devices in the LAN? Much faster.

Once you add multiple devices, that 20Mbps from your ISP is divided among them. So...4 devices, all downloading something at the same time gives 5Mbps to each. And 0.3Mbps upload.

(yes, I do know what 'as the crow flies' means)


Sorry, not many people know what "as the crow flies" means (including me till about 2 weeks ago). So theoretically I could go for a £15 Asus PCE-N10 and it would be any different from a £70 Asus PCE-AC66?
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August 27, 2013 7:45:00 PM

The Asus PCE-N10 should be fine. 802.11n
The Asus PCE-AC66 is for the newer 802.11ac standard. Much 'faster'. But unless everything else in your house is also 802.11ac, it won't be any faster.

The network is only as fast as the slowest link. Talking to the outside world, you will not go over 20Mbps, because the ISP is the slowest link.
Internally, talking to other 802.11n devices in your house (an HTPC, maybe)...it will be much faster.

Again, though...WiFi performance depends greatly on environment.
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August 27, 2013 7:47:04 PM

Thank You for summarising. One less component I need to confirm adding to my stuff to get list.
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August 27, 2013 7:49:32 PM

My recent hardwired speed results:


WiFi from the other end of the house would be slower. Distance, brick walls, etc.
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August 27, 2013 7:58:54 PM

USAFRet said:
My recent hardwired speed results:


WiFi from the other end of the house would be slower. Distance, brick walls, etc.


No matter what pc I'm on, the download speed seems to be capped at 2.7mbps, whether downloading from mediafire, P2P programs (nothing illegal, it's only illegal if its copy righted) windows update etc.. But I'm fine with that anyway.

(Also tried on my old laptop using WLAN (the built in stuff) and it seemed to stop at 2.7mbps)
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