ERRRRRRRR SHAGGY!? 54Mbps Wireless!?!?!

[BrantUnger]

Ok, Ok, ok.........ok....


Linksys came out with a 54Mbps wireless access point, this being upgraded from 11 Mbps.

Now, have they came out with a 54Mbps USB adapter, or a PCI card capable of this?

[xtrmeocr]

yes a pci card and a a notebook card too

[vinyljunky]

802.11g USB adaptor isnt possible - USB runs at 12Mbits/sec. This was discussed here recently.

[David]

Originally posted by vinyljunky
802.11g USB adaptor isnt possible - USB runs at 12Mbits/sec. This was discussed here recently.

USB1 runs at 12Mbit/s
USB2 runs att 480MBits/s

So in theory USB2 would work, but USB1 would limit bandwidth. Unless you could utilise more than one USB port at a time

[vinyljunky]

Originally posted by David
So in theory USB2 would work, but USB1 would limit bandwidth. Unless you could utilise more than one USB port at a time

Apologies, I should have clarified on the standards when posting. I believe there is only 12Mbits/sec provided for the entire USB1.1 bus, and that link is shared between any USB devices connected - hence 'bus'.

Are mobos still being made with only USB1.1 support? I'm not up to date on the current field of mobos out there.

[dagamore]

on the usb 1 buss you are correct, but on the usb2 bus thas has 540 MB of bandwidth it will work, and most newer mb has a few usb 2 connectors. on my asus p4b533 board all of the usb ports are usb2, but they are all backwords compatible to usb1.

[David]

Originally posted by vinyljunky
I believe there is only 12Mbits/sec provided for the entire USB1.1 bus, and that link is shared between any USB devices connected - hence 'bus'.

I'm not sure myself.

[diggingforgold]

Originally posted by David


USB1 runs at 12Mbit/s
USB2 runs att 480MBits/s

So in theory USB2 would work, but USB1 would limit bandwidth. Unless you could utilise more than one USB port at a time

Yeah but how many new computer actually still stick with USB1.1? My mobo is getting old now, and still supports 2.0.