[manchesterwireless] Linksys WRT54G and WDS mode

[jgxhs at nessie.mcc.ac.uk]

the 50% reduction applies to the wifi link,, so ,, so long as you have
a significantly higher wifi link than your ISP link then it should not
be too important.

On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 10:27:34 -0000, you wrote:

>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 :) 
>
>
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