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Devils'Advocate · 09-10-2005, 11:52 AM

I have a Linksys Wet11 wireless bridge and a Linksys BEFW11S4 wireless router.

With an ethernet cable plugged into the router, I'm getting 3.1 megabits per second.
Wireless, via the bridge, I'm getting 300 kilobites per second.

So I'm going 10 times faster with the cable.

I see that there are "high speed" routers on the market now using 802.11g, while my router and bridge are both using 802.11b. I presume that if I want to improve the wireless performance I'm going to have to purchase both a new high speed router and a new high speed bridge or network card?

I suck when it comes to this networking stuff, so any help would be appreciated.

09-10-2005, 11:52 AM	#161
Devils'Advocate #1 Goaltender Join Date: Jul 2005 Exp:	I have a Linksys Wet11 wireless bridge and a Linksys BEFW11S4 wireless router. With an ethernet cable plugged into the router, I'm getting 3.1 megabits per second. Wireless, via the bridge, I'm getting 300 kilobites per second. So I'm going 10 times faster with the cable. I see that there are "high speed" routers on the market now using 802.11g, while my router and bridge are both using 802.11b. I presume that if I want to improve the wireless performance I'm going to have to purchase both a new high speed router and a new high speed bridge or network card? I suck when it comes to this networking stuff, so any help would be appreciated.