Re: OT:?? adsl vs adsl/2 mbps's

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Thanks LEM,

.....I do have a grasp of the general speed specificatons, and what goes where !
What I can't find an answer to, (have just spent another half hour Googling and reading - still can't find answers), is - Is there a limit to the "speed" at which data can be received from the ISP, (via my ADSL connection), by my older version 1.0 Linksys WAG354G adsl modem/router. i.e. Will it benefit from the "8 meg" bb that I've just signed up to. Perhaps I'm just confusing the speed of my on motherboard ethernet chipset (10/100), ...some where along the line I got the impression that the fastest my WAG354G could receive data was 1mbps, I now suspect this is wrong ....so frustrating not being able to find generrla information on this.

regards, Richard


"Lem" <lemp40@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23tU$IscCHHA.144@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
RJK wrote:
Anyone up to speed on all this stuff ?

A few weeks ago I got a Linksys WAG354G adsl/router version 1.0 and a
WMP54G - wireless "g" pci card for Dads' PC downstairs and all is ok, on my
Orange "Option 2" 1mbps broadband - 6gb dl cap. When I 'phoned Orange to
ask why I was paying £22.99 a month for this when their newest service is
up to 8mbps dl speed / unlimited dl's + a free Live box FOR JUST £19.99 ...(i left out in OP), the luvly young
lady signed me up for it.

So it looks like there's be a Livebox arriving in the post soon. Anyway,
How do all these different speeds relate to each other ?

e.g. my Wag354g is connected using an ethernet RJ45 lead to my motherboards'
10/100 rj45 ethernet port ! What's the LAN/ethernet 10 and what's the 100 ?
The LAN connection icon in my system tray shows 100mbps when I hover the
mouse arrow on it. I assume this is bits and not bytes and is a decimal
quantitiy / i.e. not hexadecimal ?
What's the "8 meg" that' I'll be on soon with Orange - is it 80
megaBITSperSecond ..'s ? :-)

Dad's pci wireless "g" card always connects at its' top speed of 54mbps.
Is the mbps, million bits per second - decimal ? ..will I be getting "8
meg." download speeds hexadecimal ? e.g. 8 x 1024 kb's

Will my Linksys beable to take advantage of this Orange "8 meg." dl speed,
in relation my rj45 ethernet port 10/100 ...whatever that is or should I use
the Livebox ..that I can't seem to find mych info on, other than its' VOIP
feature which I'll probably never use ?

regards, Richard

"RJK" <notatospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eQn99dbCHHA.3660@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Anyone up to speed on all this stuff ?

A few weeks ago I got a Linksys WAG354G adsl/router version 1.0 and a WMP54G - wireless "g" pci card for Dads' PC downstairs and all is ok, on my Orange "Option 2" 1mbps broadband - 6gb dl cap. When I 'phoned Orange to ask why I was paying £22.99 a month for this when their newest service is up to 8mbps dl speed / unlimited dl's + a free Live box, the luvly young lady signed me up for it.

So it looks like there's be a Livebox arriving in the post soon. Anyway,
How do all these different speeds relate to each other ?

e.g. my Wag354g is connected using an ethernet RJ45 lead to my motherboards' 10/100 rj45 ethernet port ! What's the LAN/ethernet 10 and what's the 100 ?
The LAN connection icon in my system tray shows 100mbps when I hover the mouse arrow on it. I assume this is bits and not bytes and is a decimal quantitiy / i.e. not hexadecimal ?
What's the "8 meg" that' I'll be on soon with Orange - is it 80 megaBITSperSecond ..'s ? :-)

Dad's pci wireless "g" card always connects at its' top speed of 54mbps.
Is the mbps, million bits per second - decimal ? ..will I be getting "8 meg." download speeds hexadecimal ? e.g. 8 x 1024 kb's

Will my Linksys beable to take advantage of this Orange "8 meg." dl speed, in relation my rj45 ethernet port 10/100 ...whatever that is or should I use the Livebox ..that I can't seem to find mych info on, other than its' VOIP feature which I'll probably never use ?

regards, Richard


DSL/Cable connection "speeds" are usually given in Mbps (mega bits per second). Your "8 meg" rating means 8 Mbps.

Ethernet connections (for most home networks) are usually either 10 Mpbs or 100 Mbps, and the Ethernet connections on most home routers and network interface cards automatically select the correct value (that's why they are designated 10/100 connections). Most of the time, your home LAN should have a [theoretical] top speed of 100 Mbps. In practice, you'll get something less than that.

Wireless G has a max speed of 54 Mbps (not counting "turbo" or other speed-enhancing modes).

What does all of this mean? For most home networks, wired or wireless, the bottleneck is the connection to your ISP. If you get anywhere near 8 Mbps you will be blazing (and your internal network devices will be able to keep up just fine).

As far as I know, the "Mega" and "Kilo" in Mbps and Kbps refer to the good old Greek values of 1,000,000 and 1,000. BTW, if the "b" is capitalized, as in MBps, it means megabytes per second.
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