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Optimizing the Performance of Your Home Network
To get the best performance from your home network, you should
optimize each portion of the network, as well as place files in the network
where they will get the bandwidth their use will demand.
NETGEAR
Powerline HD 40 seconds
100 Mbps Wired Ethernet 80 seconds
802.11g wireless 150 seconds
802.11b wireless 700 seconds
10 Mbps Wired Ethernet 800 seconds
Cable Modem (3 Mbps) 2700 seconds
Analog Modem (56 kbps) 144,000 seconds (40 hours)
Note: Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions
and environmental factors, including volume of
network traffic, building materials and construction,
and network overhead, can lower actual data
throughput rate.
Table 5-1. Theoretical transfer time for 1 gigabyte
Network Connection Theoretical Raw Transfer Time