In case you are planning to buy wireless PCI/USB

Taavi Burns jaaaarel-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Wed Dec 21 21:51:13 UTC 2005


On 12/21/05, William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I just joined the wireless revolution, and I'm not impressed.
> I bought
>     - Airlink AWLH3026 PCI -- Ralink 2561 chip
>     - Airlink AWLL3026 USB -- ZyDAS 1211 chip (cheap clipped on plastic case)
>
> Manufacturer changed the chipset on me.  So, what I got wasn't what
> others reported, and it took some time/effort before I could locate
> source-code drivers.  Anyways, it's kind of cool to see USB key booting
> off, and doing X-terminal session through USB wireless. :-)
>
> But, I'm getting only 11Mbit (802.11b), when both end of Ad-Hoc wireless
> is 54Mbit (802.11g).  They're bloody 2m apart!

Are the wireless device and USB port USB1.1 or USB2.0?  USB1.1 has a
maximum throughput of 12Mbps.  If they're both USB2.0, but a USB1.1
device is hooked up to the same bus as a USB2.0 device then it's also
possible that the 1.1 device could interfere with the maximum
bandwidth available.

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