[manchesterwireless] Linksys WRT54G and WDS mode

[Andy Gauton]

John (jgxhs at nessie.mcc.ac.uk) wrote:

Hi John,
> You will always get a 50 % reduction of bandwidth for
> each hop on the same channel with WDS,,,   its the way
> it works.

Which I'm aware of. But, can I reduce the effects by increasing the 
transmission rate of WDS? Before running at 24MB transmission rate with a 
3MB internet bandwidth, I *could* get roughly 2.5-3MB at the last hop. So 
therefore getting 50% reduction in transmission rate, and not 50% reduction 
in internet bandwidth.

Does that make sense?

So running a WRT54GS for example at a higher reliable transmission rate 
(afterburner/speedboost) in WDS mode. This would reduce transmission rate by 
50%, but if it's higher than 36MB then surely I'll receive less of a hit in 
internet bandwidth drop (from a total of ~9MB)? This is only theory as in 
testing between 24MB and 36MB transmission rate, I got a higher internet 
bandwidth on the last hop when running 36MB transmission rate.

An answer I'm trying to find. I don't really want to go out and buy 2x 
WRT54GS to find I can't get a higher transmission rate using WDS than I'm 
running now, which would result in a waste purchase.

Just hoping someone would know, or someone could lend me 2x WRT54GS (or 
similiar afterburner supported models?) to test the theory :)

Regards
Andy :)