Will new Super-G 802.11G (108mb/s), work better than old 10/100 Netgear RT314?

[AMD K9]

I have a 5-6 year old Netgear 10/100mb/s WIRED router. No trouble with it at all, but I would eventually want to go wireless and I understand I can still use it wired like my old router now. Just wondering if I will see any performance increase in using it wired with the newer technology or if that will only be relevant using it wireless? BTW, I am splitting a DSL 768/384 connection. Thanks.

 

[JackMDS]

May be this can Help (the middle of th page): Wireless What Should I Get?

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[AMD K9]

This was at the middle of the page:

For Internet surfing it does mot matter whether you use 802.11b or 802.11g. In most cases Internet Broadband Connection is slower than 802.11b. However, using 802.11g for the Traffic across the LAN yields significantly faster Network.

Was that the answer I was looking for? Still doesn't really answer my question as to an old technology wired router being above or below the performance of a new Super G Wireless but using it WIRED.

 

[AMD K9]

And the particular NetGear Router I have now takes fits and such where I have to unplug the power for minutes at a time, whereas I think they are making better quality routers than they did back then, where any new router would be an improvement. I just don't want to spend the extra $ if I don't have to.

 

[JackMDS]

The changes in Wireless Technology are not related to the Wired aspect.

The wired LAN part of the Routers is a simple 4 port switch, nothing of real interest changed there in the last 5 years.

If you want to know a little bit more about Cable/DSL Routers as Routers you can look here: Cable/DSL Routers - NAT & Ports.

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[spidey07]

as far as performance is concerned wireless cannot even approach wired.

 

[robcy]

I am running a D-link Super G network, which replaced a wired D-link network. The difference between a super G, and wired 100mb is minimal at best. This all depends on the signal strength. the line of sight computers are just as fast as the wired computers, and the ones with two or more walls between the router, and the computer are at about 50% of the wired network. Keep the router near the main systems, and you should not notice any difference. This all applies for transfers between computers, in web surfing there will be not difference at all.

 

[AMD K9]

Thanks guys, I guess the bottleneck is my Verizon DSL connection not the router. I thought upload was supposed to be more than 128kb/s but I just checked and that's what they offer.

 

[ktwebb]

Originally posted by: robcy
I am running a D-link Super G network, which replaced a wired D-link network. The difference between a super G, and wired 100mb is minimal at best.

With local file transfers the difference is significant. You might see 30 Mb if your very lucky with a .11g WLAN. 80+ Mb on the wire.