ive seen lots of wireless routers from 54mb to 108mb, i may sound stupid here but i im new to wireless does the mb stand for the wireless connection or the wired connection also as im looking to buy a wireless router but also run wired through it as well as i have a 4mb line would i lose download speed through wired? does it dowload upto that speed through wireless depending how far your from the router? thanks.

I'm sure someone will explain in more detail, but its the wireless connection its talking about, if you have a wired connection it will go as fast as your broadband speed allows.

Yes you can share a connection on your router and have a wired and wireless connection. Youre wired connection would probably be faster, but you may not notice (it depends on a number of factors)

Sharing any connection will slow down your speed, doesnt matter whether its a mix of wired and wireless, or all the same.

Distance from your router on wireless can have a bearing, as well as walls etc. Most modern routers are pretty good though.

but i im new to wireless does the mb stand for

Mb stands for Mega-bits per second. Wireless speeds are misleading, "54mb" is 802.11g wireless. The 54Mbps is the theoretical maximum data rate the channel can handle. Throughput is likely to be below 19Mbps. "108mb" is exactly the same as 802.11g except the router/AP is dual band and operates on 2 separate frequencies (2 x 54 = 108 ) and you would get <38Mbps (2x<19Mbps).

Actually speed will vary based on distance to the router, interference, number of clients connected to the AP, overhead, etc.

i have a 4mb line would i lose download speed through wired?

No, wired and wireless (assuming ideal conditions) are both faster than 4Mbps, the bottleneck would be the broadband connection not the wired/wireless connection.

does it dowload upto that speed through wireless depending how far your from the router?

As above, it will download to the maximum speed of your broadband connection assuming you aren't too far from the router. A 4Mb connection would be the bottleneck not the wireless connection.

Mb stands for Mega-bits per second. Wireless speeds are misleading, "54mb" is 802.11g wireless. The 54Mbps is the theoretical maximum data rate the channel can handle. Throughput is likely to be below 19Mbps. "108mb" is exactly the same as 802.11g except the router/AP is dual band and operates on 2 separate frequencies (2 x 54 = 108 ) and you would get <38Mbps (2x<19Mbps).

Actually speed will vary based on distance to the router, interference, number of clients connected to the AP, overhead, etc.



No, wired and wireless (assuming ideal conditions) are both faster than 4Mbps, the bottleneck would be the broadband connection not the wired/wireless connection.



As above, it will download to the maximum speed of your broadband connection assuming you aren't too far from the router. A 4Mb connection would be the bottleneck not the wireless connection.

thanks guys, are there any recommendations that will run virgin cable and vista.

make sure you get a cable router, not one with an adsl modem included - they wont work on cable.

any of them on this page should be fine - http://www.ebuyer.com/search/?strSearch=&bolShowAll=true&intStoreID=8&intCatID=39&intSubcatUID=1160&bolShowAll=true

they normally have a 4 port wired switch, so you can plug 4 computers in using ethernet cables. wired connections are faster than wireless, but as punk said, that wont really affect your internet connection, as you'll get more than 4mbit/s from either. a wireless connection will add a little bit of extra latency though, which will affect fast paced online games, but thats about all.