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
| Firmware/Driver Versions AP f/w: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |