How fast is IEEE 802.11b/g?
The standard specifies theoretical speeds up to about 11 Mb/s of shared capacity for 802.11b and up to 56 Mb/s shared for 802.11g. CMC supports both 802.11b and 802.11g on a single access point. In this configuration the maximum capacity for 802.11g supporting 802.11b is 22 Mb/s. All of the wired LAN connections at CMC have a minimum of 10 Mb/s, but usually a 100 Mb/s is used by most users. The wireless speeds are much lower than traditional wired LANs, however for general use the throughput is more than adequate. With some equipment transmission speeds rise and fall as the quality of the connection changes, similiar to how a traditional modem might operate.
