NETGEAR RangeMax WPN311, User Manual

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NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless PCI Adapter WPN311 User Manual
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v3.0, January 2007
• Backing up computers over the network has become popular due to the availability of
inexpensive mass storage.
Table 3-1 shows the time to transfer one gigabyte (1 GB) of data
using various networking technologies.
Table 3-1. Theoretical Transfer Time for 1 Gigabyte
Network Connection Theoretical Raw Transfer Time
Gigabit Wired Ethernet 8 seconds
RangeMax NEXT Wireless-N 26 seconds
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)