Wrt54g routing speed

[dekard]

So, I've got a v3 wrt54g running tomatoe firmware. It's a reliable router but I'm starting to wonder what the wan to LAN routing speed is. I'm on a 22mbs cable package and it's making me wonder if I'm hitting the maximum performance of the router and hitting a bottleneck.

Anyone done any testing?

[Patriot]

So, I've got a v3 wrt54g running tomatoe firmware. It's a reliable router but I'm starting to wonder what the wan to LAN routing speed is. I'm on a 22mbs cable package and it's making me wonder if I'm hitting the maximum performance of the router and hitting a bottleneck.

Anyone done any testing?

I would not be surprised if the consumer products had trouble keeping up with the "business" line you have.

[dekard]

I've got a d-link dir-655 in my truck right now. I'll swap it in and run speed test for comparision. I'll know soon! If the performance over wired is the same then I'll take the dlink back. Wireless I really only use for the iphones and some occasional laptop internet surfing so I don't really care how well it performs as long as its stable. I'm more more interested in the wired network speeds. I'm such a fan of ethernet.

[Patriot]

I've got a d-link dir-655 in my truck right now. I'll swap it in and run speed test for comparision. I'll know soon! If the performance over wired is the same then I'll take the dlink back. Wireless I really only use for the iphones and some occasional laptop internet surfing so I don't really care how well it performs as long as its stable. I'm more more interested in the wired network speeds. I'm such a fan of ethernet.

x2... wireless is for customers... ensures long term support plan

[dekard]

I messed around with wireless in some of my first professional installs. It was a mess. Thats the old 'b' spec wireless and it was a nightmare. Lots of support calls tho. Now, 'g' has been a really pretty decent standard, especially once I got away from XP's zero config options. Those caused tons of disconnects. I've been pretty happy with it in most applications calling for convenience and not reliability.

As an example, I never use wireless print servers. The printer requires a wired connection to the router. Everytime. Any workstation gets a hardwired Ethernet connection. If you bring in a laptop and want to use it wirelesslyy you can but I'm not encouraging you to do it. If you have problems I'll hand you an Ethernet cable and point at the nearest wall jack. End of problem.

It surprises me to see how many people are using wireless technologies for fast paced gaming. Its just a bad idea to subject yourself to the variance of wireless for something that requires solid and steady pings with no tolerance for jitter. Only Ethernet can deliver that without breaking the bank.

Anyway. Back on track, I'm curious how much of a difference the dir-655 will make. Its a pretty well regarded router. I wasn't planning on buying it but I ended up not needing if after a recent customer's job and I'm debating keeping it for myself instead of taking it back.

[Patriot]

I messed around with wireless in some of my first professional installs. It was a mess. Thats the old 'b' spec wireless and it was a nightmare. Lots of support calls tho. Now, 'g' has been a really pretty decent standard, especially once I got away from XP's zero config options. Those caused tons of disconnects. I've been pretty happy with it in most applications calling for convenience and not reliability.

As an example, I never use wireless print servers. The printer requires a wired connection to the router. Everytime. Any workstation gets a hardwired Ethernet connection. If you bring in a laptop and want to use it wirelesslyy you can but I'm not encouraging you to do it. If you have problems I'll hand you an Ethernet cable and point at the nearest wall jack. End of problem.

It surprises me to see how many people are using wireless technologies for fast paced gaming. Its just a bad idea to subject yourself to the variance of wireless for something that requires solid and steady pings with no tolerance for jitter. Only Ethernet can deliver that without breaking the bank.

Anyway. Back on track, I'm curious how much of a difference the dir-655 will make. Its a pretty well regarded router. I wasn't planning on buying it but I ended up not needing if after a recent customer's job and I'm debating keeping it for myself instead of taking it back.

lol... about that gaming on wifi thing...

[dekard]

Lol. I'll post results later.

[dekard]

Here's the results with the Dlink dir-655


And here's the results with the old wrt54g v3.



So, the results are about the same as what I was seeing before. Obviously there's some variance in those older results from the wrt54g but its all pretty close. Interesting. Comments?