speed.

nanga

ethernet = 10Mbps
fastethernet= 100Mbps
Gigabit ethernet= 1Gbps

Wlans= 54 Mbps ( 802.11g)

THEN
Is it a fact that what we experience is that when browsing with ethernet(10Mbps) is faster than that of Wlan(54Mbps) ( with same nos of machine connected )

If so What would be the reason.

dynamik

The bandwidth of 802.11g is 54mbps, but the actually throughput is about half of that (mainly because of overhead). Also, that's going to be the total amount available, so if you have five machines using it, they're only going to get a little more than 5mbps each (less in poorer conditions). The same principle would apply if your ethernet was on a hub instead of a switch. That's another shared medium. If you were using a switch, each machine would have a 10mb connection.

JavonR

wireless is half duplex, Ethernet is usually full duplex. Another thing to take into consideration is that you will probably get much less latency/delay across a wired medium, as opposed to wireless where interference and range come into play.

nanga

thanks gus..both the answers fit to the logic perfectly without going to technical

tiersten

Everybody quotes the signalling rate. Real transfer rate is less than half. If you've got 802.11b clients then it is even worse due to the RTS-CTS protection. Half duplex and shared also as others have mentioned.

drew2000

One final addition - remember even if you have a 10Mb connection, your browsing speed at maximum will be the speed provided to you by your ISP (1-5Mb usually...depending on what service you have) divided by the number of machines browsing at the same time.

Drew