Wireless Performance
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: buffalotech, airstation, 54mbps, wireless, cardbus, card, review
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Card Management
- 3. Wireless Performance
3. Wireless Performance
NOTES
• "Signal Quality" readings are actually the Buffalo Tech Client Manager "Condition" readings
• Testing was done in a WinXP Home Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop, using a BuffaloTech WBR-G54 54Mbps router as test partner
• Details of how we test can be found here.
Since I used the WLI-CB-G54 as the test partner in my WBR-G54 review, hop over to that review to check the throughput plots and get the complete analysis of how it performed. The bottom line is that it turned in higher-than-802.11b-throughput performance, but has a cyclical throughput variation that will need to be ironed out via future firmware releases.
802.11g Wireless Performance Test Results
| Test Conditions
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Firmware/Driver Versions
AP f/w:
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| Test Description | Signal Quality (%) | Transfer Rate (Mbps) | Response Time (msec) | UDP stream | |
| Throughput (kbps) | Lost data (%) | ||||
| Client to AP - Condition 1 | 100 | 15.5 [No WEP]
15.9 [w/ WEP] |
1 (avg)
1 (max) |
499 | 0 |
| Client to AP - Condition 2 | 76 | 16.5 | 1 (avg)
1 (max) |
499 | 0 |
| Client to AP - Condition 3 | 30 | 10.5 | 1 (avg)
1 (max) |
499 | 0 |
| Client to AP - Condition 4 | 45 | 6.9 | 1 (avg)
2 (max) |
497 | 0 |
See details of how we test.
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