Goodbye Wireless, Hello Wired

12-10-2004 Goodbye Wireless, Hello Wired

After many problems with my attempt to go wireless, I finally admitted defeat tonight. While the 11Mbps and 54Mbps speed networks may be stable enough to use, they just aren't fast enough. The 108Mbps version I tried is definately not stable enough for me, and the advertised speed only occurs when you are right next to the router. I typically saw 54-75Mbps max, for unsustained periods. The good news is how easy it actually was to run cable through my house. I took the cheaters route and ran it through the return vents in my house. I had some help patching the panels which shortened the time to less than an hour. I also found some interesting things in my return vent system. Now I'm back to good old 10/100 Ethernet and it's giving me my old familiar feeling of stability and speed.

User Comments for 12-10-2004:

Not to mention security.
bdowney

Yes Salsberry Dr is a huge wireless hotspot in the hacker community
Stavos

Do you really transfer files that often between machines that you must be wired? I think wireless is the best thing since sliced bread... even 11mbps is still faster than your inet connection... nothing like taking my laptop to the backyard and surfing the net.
PuckPuck

I do still have wireless for my laptop, but my main PC is wired. No way I would have Transferred your ISO to my server over a 11Mbps connection.
AtomicInternet

Agreed 11Mbps is extremely slow for transferring large files which I also do between my main PC and my server, that’s why they're wired. However my wife’s computer and my media machine are wireless because I rarely transfer any huge files between those.
Stavos

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