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Re: High speed access

From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell () ufp org>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 12:51:51 -0400


On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 09:53:19AM -0400, Andrew Brown wrote:

symetric 11 Mbps sounds...goofy.  especially if based on 802.11b,
which utilizes a broadcast mechanism.  besides, i've yet to meet
*anyone* who got past about 2/3 of the theoretical "bandwidth" of
802.11b.  imho, it's the spinal tap of the networking era (it "goes to
11", but is actually just a rumor and sort of made up).


I believe you will find 802.11b performs about as well, on average,
as 10 meg shared ethernet.  

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Leo Bicknell - bicknell () ufp org
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