[ale] Buy your wifi routers now...

[DJ-Pfulio]

On 09/10/2015 11:25 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> 
> On Thu, September 10, 2015 11:16 am, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
>> On 09/10/2015 10:50 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>> My laptop is ac-capable, and iwconfig on it claims "802.11abgn" at
>>> 5.745GHz, and apparently 585.1 Mb/s (which definitely implied ac!).
>>
>> What are the iperf numbers?
> 
> 200Mbps -- so not too bad considering the 400-600Mbps is raw speed and
> doesn't account for any IP overhead, etc.
> 
>> For example, my powerline network gear all says "600 Mbps" everywhere,
>> but I see only 60 Mbps.
>>
>> There are lies, damn lies, and bandwidth specs for wifi/wireless.
> 

Well, I got 219Mbps when the powerline adapters were in the same room - not very
useful and definitely not 600Mbps.

If a GigE connection doesn't provide 850+ Mbps, I freak out. Why are the other
physical transports given so much slack?