Connection Speed

30 Nov 2006 12:31 AM

B.W.

When you have a simple home network set up between a desktop and a laptop.
Using an ADSL Broadband phoneline connection and a wireless router, will the
speed of the shared Internet on the laptop be a lot slower than the host
computer?

TIA

B.W.

30 Nov 2006 12:35 AM

David Hettel

Simple question, simple answer no.

Longer answer, it depends on the quality of the connection, and what other
sources of interference there are. In theory even the slowest Wi-fi
connection is fastest than most normal DSL connections. Even a somewhat
degraded 802.11b signal is even faster.

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"B.W." <bwal***@aapt.net.auxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> When you have a simple home network set up between a desktop and a laptop.
> Using an ADSL Broadband phoneline connection and a wireless router, will
> the speed of the shared Internet on the laptop be a lot slower than the
> host computer?
>
> TIA
>
> B.W.
>