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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Not quite.
All repeaters will halve the data rate. A 2-stream repeater would only have the data rate once, whereas a 1-stream repeater, which is only capable of 65mbps to begin with, would halve it twice.
20Mhz mode gives your Bebox 130mbps out of the box, 40Mhz mode would give you 270mbps. Your rate isn't being halved by the 20mhz setting. Your repeater is only capable of half the speed, even before it loses half again through the act of repeating. Since your repeater only does 65mbps *before* repeating, it's actual repeated rate is around 30mbps.
That said even at 65mbps wireless N gives you about 50-100% more throughput than wireless G at 54mbps, simply because it's a lot more efficient. Repeating however, loses some of this efficiency, so you end up with ~30mbps PHY rate and about ~15mbps actual useful data rate.
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Ah yes, that makes sense. I figured the data rate was somehow quartered, but wasn't sure if this was due to the 20Mhz rate or the or the 1-stream aspect. It all makes sense now. If I wanted to max out my line in terms of download speed, I'd need to get a two-stream repeater, which would be limited to 65 rather than the current 30odd, and 65 should be sufficient for my line's 20meg capacity.
Thanks for that.
