Wireless Lan - does about half what it says on the tin

The Network measured the average speeds of FTPing data over a distance of two meters for a minute. It compared the results managed over connections compared to a wired Ethernet connection and found the wireless products sorely short of their stated speed ratings.

Wireless LAN connections managed only about 40 per cent of what was claimed on the packaging, the news sire reports.

The tests, it says, ran IEEE802.11b at a maximum of 11 Mbps,IEEE802.11a at a maximum of 54Mbps and compared the results of these tests to those obtained over a wired 10Mbps and 100Mbps Ethernet connection.

It found that 100M Ethernet, generally works at around 86.9 Mbps - close to 90 per cent of its rating, while the wireless products consistently scored around 40 per cent of their advertised speed rating. µ