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g7pkf · 28-03-2006, 15:13

I have over the last few days been testing some wireless products for my company at home. i am not going to mention names but i tried 3 different manufacturers all with similar results of throughput. setup was adifferent matter anyway here's the results (might shock you)

I tested with nothing else connected to the cable modem and used an accesspoint and pcmcia card from the same manufacturer in each case.

the test machine was a dell laptop 3ghz 2Gb ram--in other words a good spec. each time loaded with a clean win xp pro.

Now i found that wireless 802.11G no one got above 7 Mb so i got concerned that my download speed was "iffy" and as a result and a benchmark connected via my inbuilt broadcom network card straight to cable modem.

each test was repeated 30 times avaerages are shown as well as peak:-

here's the results:-

MANUFACTURER 1 6.15 Mb down 468K up Average 6.30 down 489K up

MANUFACTURER 2 5.85 Mb down 456K up Average 6.11 down 481K up

MANUFACTURER 3 6.06 Mb down 470K up Average 6.23 down 499K up

100mb lan 8.91Mb down 510K up Average 9.76Mb up 517K down peak

I then dug out "old trusty" which is a compaq wl110 802.11b (11mb) wireless card and a matching 802.11b access point.

2.99Mb down 389k up average 3.29Mb up 414K down Peak.

so if your running a speed test it suggests that wireless lan will give you a "false reading" has anyone else noticed this or have i just wasted 7 Hours of testing (as i will have to re-do it)

---------- Post added at 15:13 ---------- Previous post was at 15:05 ----------

why was this moved?

it directly relates to problems with speed testing on the ntl network and how un-reliable they could be

should have benn made a sticky i would have thought?

28-03-2006, 15:13	#1
g7pkf Inactive Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 20	Speed testing I have over the last few days been testing some wireless products for my company at home. i am not going to mention names but i tried 3 different manufacturers all with similar results of throughput. setup was adifferent matter anyway here's the results (might shock you) I tested with nothing else connected to the cable modem and used an accesspoint and pcmcia card from the same manufacturer in each case. the test machine was a dell laptop 3ghz 2Gb ram--in other words a good spec. each time loaded with a clean win xp pro. Now i found that wireless 802.11G no one got above 7 Mb so i got concerned that my download speed was "iffy" and as a result and a benchmark connected via my inbuilt broadcom network card straight to cable modem. each test was repeated 30 times avaerages are shown as well as peak:- here's the results:- MANUFACTURER 1 6.15 Mb down 468K up Average 6.30 down 489K up MANUFACTURER 2 5.85 Mb down 456K up Average 6.11 down 481K up MANUFACTURER 3 6.06 Mb down 470K up Average 6.23 down 499K up 100mb lan 8.91Mb down 510K up Average 9.76Mb up 517K down peak I then dug out "old trusty" which is a compaq wl110 802.11b (11mb) wireless card and a matching 802.11b access point. 2.99Mb down 389k up average 3.29Mb up 414K down Peak. so if your running a speed test it suggests that wireless lan will give you a "false reading" has anyone else noticed this or have i just wasted 7 Hours of testing (as i will have to re-do it) ---------- Post added at 15:13 ---------- Previous post was at 15:05 ---------- why was this moved? it directly relates to problems with speed testing on the ntl network and how un-reliable they could be should have benn made a sticky i would have thought?