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Waldo Pepper · 10-03-2011, 18:48

Not entirely convinced about the overheads re-encryption.

Depends on the router. I have a blue Netgear Pro VPN setup and get the same throughput with or without encryption on 54G.

I would imagine the bottleneck is the slow PC. Especially if AVG is running.

Most top end routers do the encryption in hardware which is fast enough for most users.

Tag onto that a slow PC and you see you get what you pay for in terms of a router and PC.

Decent dedicated hardware to do AES encryption is far faster than a 54G network can handle on full smoke in realtime.

10-03-2011, 18:48	#3
Waldo Pepper Inactive Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: In the thick of East Anglia Posts: 573	Re: Home wi-fi '30% slower' than fixed broadband Not entirely convinced about the overheads re-encryption. Depends on the router. I have a blue Netgear Pro VPN setup and get the same throughput with or without encryption on 54G. I would imagine the bottleneck is the slow PC. Especially if AVG is running. Most top end routers do the encryption in hardware which is fast enough for most users. Tag onto that a slow PC and you see you get what you pay for in terms of a router and PC. Decent dedicated hardware to do AES encryption is far faster than a 54G network can handle on full smoke in realtime.