Wireless Or Wired?

[nickyboy4]

Went over to wireless around a year ago with a belkin mimo and bt adaptors, we've got 2mb Virgin broadband and it just doesn't seem as quick as it was when we had the modem plugged into one machine and a hardwired ethernet connection-is it worth going back to wired?

[blakey_8]

I think that it is. In my opinion, wired is quicker than wireless. An average wired network is 100Mbps but speeds can be up to 1000Mbps (Gibabit) and the average wireless connection is between 54Mbps and 270Mbps.

Hope this helps nickyboy4.

Aidy.

[nickyboy4]

thanks for taking the time to reply Aidy

[pje]

Wired is best for me, wireless other's can tap into.As a spark's I will say that.

[nickyboy4]

yeh i've found other machines on my network even though i had wep protection but now i've changed to wpa it seems ok but still not as quick as wired

[AciidSn3ak3r]

Yeah wired will always, well most likly be the fastest. With wireless you can have signal interuptions from things like microwaves, cordless phones and metal structures in the house.
Also changing the wireless channel can increase the speed. The best channels i believe are 6 and 11.
Just tweak around with it.
Ive been using wireless for about 5-6 years and still got the same Wireless Belkin Router. Just tweaked now and then.

[rick1980]

Wired is much faster and more secure than wireless. speeds up to 100mbps are acheievable between pc's on the same network using cat5e cable. Make sure your cables and connections are in good condition to avoid network interuption.
wireless speeds are either 54bps or 108bps depending on equipment and conditions.
I have a combination network. Wired connections to 2 x pc's and 1 printer + broadband connection. And wireless for 1 printer and 2 laptops. I use WPA 128bit encryption for wireless security.
I think a combination is the best way to go. Wireless is great for laptops. were as wired has the speed for the pc's which don't move about anyway.

[nickyboy4]

thanks again for your input!

[Oxyg3n]

When looking at your internet connection (you say your on 2mbps) I see no reason thoeretically that your "network" signal strength through the wireless should be affected, obviously if you have 5 PCs (can be any combination of desktops and laptops) all downloading at the same time through the wireless. Since anything before the Wireless N Standard (802.11A/B/G) shares the same speeds (eg. You have a 54mbps wireless signal, that is shared between everything connected on the wireless) where as Wireless N standard or a wired standard dont have that problem (100+mbps full-duplex for each thing connected) For the Techno babble there that you might not understand (the full-duplex bit) I like to think of it as women + men talking on the telephone (Sorry for the stereotyping). Women can both talk at the same time on the phone and understand eachother (aka. Full-Duplex). Men have to talk one at a time (aka. Half-Duplex) however unless your running on a 10mbit wired connection (which i sincrerely doubt you are) you wont notice anything thats half-duplex