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popper · 06-01-2008, 14:47

"I have a Linksys WRT54G with DD-WRT firmware. Is that now quite out of date technology on the speed stakes? I wondered if it's worth getting the newest style of Linksys router (the one with all the wacky antennas on the antennas on the top)"

your talking about the so called MiMo devices that take the incoming signal from all of them and then cleans up the interference by canceling out abnormal bits (very complicated ,but it works and gets you more distance etc).

the only way to increase your general data throughput is to make sure the CPU inside the router is powerful enough to begin with.

many old 11g devices do have 10/100 WAN/LAN ports, but many only have the slower CPUs inside to keep the BOM (Build Of Materials)costs down.

temp turn off all your security and firewall router options and you may see a slight improvement in throughput as the CPU is then not having to deal with that extra processing load.

but if your going to buy new today , just look to the gigabit/s routers as found on many wired and wireless 11N router devices today, they are designed to push FAR MORE DATA throughput and so have better CPUs inside them.

MiMO is good to have too to lower SNR and higher signal etc, its almost totally seperate to the real data throughput you see though, as thats a CPU/SOC (System On a Chip) thing remember....

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BTW , has anyone seen any new wired and wireless 1gig router devices with a PPC (powerPC) chip/SOC at its core ,with a good end user price point?...

commercial grade (ISP etc)routers have used PPC CPUs for a very long time now as you get the best throughput with that CPU and Altivec optimisations, but i cant seem to find any consumer grade 1gig devices today.

any URL/price pointers to these welcome.

06-01-2008, 14:47	#13
popper Inactive Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,270	Re: loss of speed using wireless "I have a Linksys WRT54G with DD-WRT firmware. Is that now quite out of date technology on the speed stakes? I wondered if it's worth getting the newest style of Linksys router (the one with all the wacky antennas on the antennas on the top)" your talking about the so called MiMo devices that take the incoming signal from all of them and then cleans up the interference by canceling out abnormal bits (very complicated ,but it works and gets you more distance etc). the only way to increase your general data throughput is to make sure the CPU inside the router is powerful enough to begin with. many old 11g devices do have 10/100 WAN/LAN ports, but many only have the slower CPUs inside to keep the BOM (Build Of Materials)costs down. temp turn off all your security and firewall router options and you may see a slight improvement in throughput as the CPU is then not having to deal with that extra processing load. but if your going to buy new today , just look to the gigabit/s routers as found on many wired and wireless 11N router devices today, they are designed to push FAR MORE DATA throughput and so have better CPUs inside them. MiMO is good to have too to lower SNR and higher signal etc, its almost totally seperate to the real data throughput you see though, as thats a CPU/SOC (System On a Chip) thing remember.... ---------- Post added at 14:47 ---------- Previous post was at 14:39 ---------- BTW , has anyone seen any new wired and wireless 1gig router devices with a PPC (powerPC) chip/SOC at its core ,with a good end user price point?... commercial grade (ISP etc)routers have used PPC CPUs for a very long time now as you get the best throughput with that CPU and Altivec optimisations, but i cant seem to find any consumer grade 1gig devices today. any URL/price pointers to these welcome.