Routing Performance : BuffaloTech AirStation 54Mbps Broadband Router Review

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Routing Performance

By TG Publishing Team, published on January 6, 2003
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: buffalotech, airstation, 54mbps, broadband, router, review

Contents

7. Routing Performance

Testing Notes:
• WAN to LAN tests are all run with LAN endpoint in DMZ
• LAN to WAN tests are run with LAN endpoint not in DMZ, except UDP Stream

The numbers in the chart pretty much tell the story. The Broadcom processor provides plenty of routing power. Especially impressive is the fact that the UDP streaming results show no degradation in speed and no packet loss.

I also ran 10 second Chariot tests in both directions which looked pretty good and are shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7: Routing throughput
(click on the image for a full-sized view)

Routing Performance Test Results

Test Description	Transfer Rate (Mbps)	Response Time (msec)	UDP stream
Test Description	Transfer Rate (Mbps)	Response Time (msec)	Throughput (kbps)	Lost data (%)
WAN - LAN	20.4	1 (avg) 2 (max)	499	0
LAN - WAN	22.6	1 (avg) 2 (max)	499	0
Firmware Version		1.10 (1.14)