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Optimizing Your Network Bandwidth, Table 6-1., Theoretical Transfer Time for 1 Gigabyte - 40mhz
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RangeMax™ Wireless-N Gigabit Router with USB WNR3500L User Manual • Backing up computers over the network has become popular due to the availability of inexpensive mass storage. Table 6-1 shows approximate, comparative times for transferring 1 gigabyte (1 GB) of data using various networking technologies. Table 6-1. Theoretical Transfer Time for 1 Gigabyte Network Connection Gigabit wired Ethernet 802.11n (40MHz) wireless Powerline HD 100 Mbps wired Ethernet 802.11n (20MHz) wireless 802.11g wireless 802.11b wireless 10 Mbps wired Ethernet Cable modem (3 Mbps) Analog modem (56 kbps) Theoretical Raw Transfer Time 8 seconds 26 seconds 40 seconds 80 seconds 55 seconds 150 seconds 700 seconds 800 seconds 2700 seconds 144,000 seconds (40 hours) Optimizing Your Network Bandwidth As your network grows, it might consist of several segments of different networking technologies, each providing different throughput. In planning your network, you should first consider which devices will have the heaviest traffic flow between them. Examples are: • A media center in one room streaming high-definition video from a server in another room • A storage device that is used for backing up your computers Fine-Tuning Your Network 6-3 v1.0, November 2009