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"The result? ~2.0MBytes/sec for the new 802.11a, and ~0.5MBytes/sec for
the ol' 802.11b. Yes, this is nowhere near either's theoretical limit,
but wireless has a lot more overhead than wired (like I talked about in
the Wireless-Ready Gateway review). Now, 2.0MBytes/sec sounds about
right for 48 Mbit/sec (which is about 4 times 11 Mbits/sec), which it
normally connected at, but what about the 54Mbit/sec and 72Mbit/sec
rates that these items advertise? Well, I was rarely able to get a solid
54Mbit/sec connection, and I couldn't get 72Mbit/sec to work, period. In
other words: Expect performance similar to (or a bit above) a 10Base-T
wired connection... not 100TX."
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