Super-G (108Mb/s wireless) - anyone have any experience?

[deddard]

Has anyone implemented one of the new twin channel wireless systems?
I'd like a bit of info on real-world experiences people have had with this.
At present, everything seems to be proprietary, and a couple of reviews I've read point to problems interfacing with other units.
One I looked at showed an average connection speed of around 33Mb/s, which is around the best standard for 802.11g.
I'm going to be purchasing a couple of 11g components shortly, but I won't bother with the super-g (or whatever each manufacturer calls it), but as I get asked a lot about reliability etc, others may be interested in any advice I can get from here. cheers.

[Mark Miller]

I'd be interested, not for the internet sharing because who has that kind of speed anyway [b works fine for that] but I would like to know as far as sharing files and hardware.
Mark:)

[PrntRhd]

I looked at wireless last week to compare with running Cat5 cables through the house for 3 machines outside my router location. Too much for what I would get. ($69.00 for base and 40.00 for each PCI wireless card) And you don't need 54 MB/sec speed to share a broadband connection, even with cable or fiberoptic.

I was surprised that Microsoft's product is sent out with encription turned on, what were they thinking? :D

[Mark Miller]

Deddard, you realize of course that your broadband connection does not need that kind of speed. Even if you are getting 2-3mb download speed "b" at 11mb is more than fast enough. I have a wireless setup with "b" and the speed on the notebook is just as fast as the desktop. You might see a difference sharing files but I am not sure about that.
Most mags say that for home and simple 2-3 box network "b" is fine.
Mark
By the way I have cable broadband at 1500/256

[Rick]

When your Looking at wireless networking
The broadband internet connection is the last thing you need to look at

File and Printer sharing are the real concerns..
The printer sharing and printing large files and especially graphics/Photo’s will put the largest load on your network
Reducing it to the speed of a snail

This is the primary reason I stuck with 10/100 ethernet + cat5 cables



Also remember the further the nodes are from the wireless router the slower the reliable connection speeds

[Mark Miller]

Hi Rick,
Good point. This going to sound silly but what do you mean by "nodes"?My internet connection to the notebook is fine almost anywhere in my house. I'm going to check the file sharing tommorrow if it will even work. A long story but thanks for info.
Mark

[Rick]

Nodes = systems.
my nodes

Node 1 = graphics work station
node 2 = wife system
node 3 = linux box
node 4 = laptop
node 5 = print server

What a Mess to play with :)



To Give it a real test
print a large graphic from one node and surf the web or transfer a file from another

[Mark Miller]

Hey Rick,
That sure is alot of "nodes"
I got the file sharing working for a minute and the transfer of a photo from desktop to laptop only took about 20 seconds, not bad.
Mark:D :D

[Rick]

How large was the file ?

20 seconds is a LONG time

also during the transfer did you try to do anything else ?

[Mark Miller]

Yeah I see what you mean, the file was only 120kb. We were both on the net also.
Since we don't do a lot of file sharing I am not really concerned for myself but I can see where"b" wireless could be a problem for people who do.
Live and learn,
Thanks Rick:)
By the way what I meant by 20 seconds was until the photo was able to be opened on laptop.

[Rick]

Do you share printers across your network ?

[Mark Miller]

Sometimes, again when it works. That seems to work as fast as on the desktop, at least I think it does:eek:
Mark;)

[PrntRhd]

Of course many have parallel printers, which is slow. USB and TCP/IP printers are fast. Wireless might be somewhere between.

[deddard]

Err....nothing to do with internet connection this thread seems to be a bit sidetracked. I'm not particularly interested in using the system as a means of connecting a LAN to the net, as I pointed out, I'm not interested in using the system at all.
I'm going to be getting some standare 54Mb/s 11g cards for my LAN for two reasons - firstly as a lab - I'm studying my CCNA and am then going on to study computer security, so I'll be using a couple of computers as a lab in wirless and wired mode to practise and study on.
secondly I'll be using it for my LAN for file sharing - the internet connection is of course a consideration, but as has been pointed out, a 600Kbps connection doesn't need a fast LAN.

I'm actually interested to see if anyone has implemented the two channel system, any problems they have had etc for my studies, and also because I do get people asking about LAN setups - I'd like to be able to give them a bit more advice than is availble in the reviews of this technology.
Hope that cleared things up a bit;)