2010/8/4 Herbert Graf : > On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 23:30 -0430, Carlos Marcano wrote: >> Now; I want to buy a wireless router. I am on a low budget (who isn't? >> ;) ) so I am considering a few devices with nice wireless performance, >> also in the N spec of wifi, but -if I want to keep the budget low- >> they only have 4 fast ethernet ports. I use for internet acces a >> cellular based modem (lame down and upload speeds but only option >> where I live). It would be connected to one of the new router's lan >> ports. Then I would connect port 2 of this new device to one of the >> Dlink's (configured as a mere switch) gigabit ports and voila! that's >> it. If I get it right I think I will have: 3 gigabit capable ports >> availables from the dlink where I will connect my home's 3 pc's (which >> use gigabit nics) and which would be able to tranfer files from each >> other to gigabit speeds (or as practically possible) and 2 fast >> ethernet ports available from the new device to connect any other >> device which works at that speed and, of course, the wireless access >> provided also from this new device. Am I right? > > Yup, this is basically exactly what I do. Thanks for the reaffirmal :) > Fact is, the N spec of Wifi pretty much never saturates a fast ethernet > connection in real world use. > Top speed most people see is around 50-70Mbps of REAL bandwidth (with G > you're lucky to get more then about 20Mbps). Yes, that's what I have seen too. > As for gigabit, it makes a WORLD of difference. Even in systems that > aren't optimal (i.e. the north bridge to south bridge connection is > saturated) I still regularly see 200-300Mbps speeds. I love my gigabit router, it made a HUGE difference in my setup. I have a central server using a nice software call PS3 Media Server which transcodes from X264 format and serves "realtime" my backed up Blu-ray movies to my PS3. This is a bandwidth intensive setup so the more the better and gigabit works great - Fast ethernet doesn`t ( at least for High Def). Thanks for the info, Herbert. Regards, Carlos. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .