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Netgear WNR834B Wireless-N Router Network Throughput

After a discussion with my buddies on network throughput and the Netgear WNR834B Wireless-N Router, we decided to perform a throughput test for all of its encryption modes.

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WAN Comparison

I used the Speakeasy Speed Test to benchmark the performance over my 25 Mbps down and 5 Mbps up Internet connection. The following are the results.

Encryption	130 Mbps	270 Mbps
None	Download Speed: 19149 kbps (2393.6 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 4225 kbps (528.1 KB/sec transfer rate)	Download Speed: 17592 kbps (2199 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 4400 kbps (550 KB/sec transfer rate)
64-Bit WEP		Download Speed: 15712 kbps (1964 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 4299 kbps (537.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
128-Bit WEP		Download Speed: 16452 kbps (2056.5 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 4350 kbps (543.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
WPA-PSK [TKIP]		Download Speed: 17925 kbps (2240.6 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 4239 kbps (529.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
WPA2-PSK [AES]		Download Speed: 19126 kbps (2390.8 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 4425 kbps (553.1 KB/sec transfer rate)

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Wireless-G Comparison

Download Speed: 3392 kbps (424 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 3534 kbps (441.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Wired Comparison

For reference, the following results are from a desktop computer that is connected to the network via a 100 Mbps ethernet cable.

Result 1: (connected directly to FIOS modem)

Download Speed: 19253 kbps (2406.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 4585 kbps (573.1 KB/sec transfer rate)

Result 2: (connected to WNR834B then to FIOS modem)

Download Speed: 19270 kbps (2408.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 4524 kbps (565.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

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LAN Comparison

In this test, I transfered "Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry (0.86.3).iso" (603,136 KB) between the wired desktop computer and the wireless-N netbook. Desktop computer was running Windows Vista, while the netbook was running Windows 7. Netgear WNR834B was configured with no encryption.

Operation	130 Mbps	270 Mbps
Desktop initiate transfer to netbook	~7.6 MB/s	~6 MB/s
Netbook initiate transfer from desktop	~6.75 MB/s	~5.75 MB/s
Desktop initiate transfer from netbook	~5.5 MB/s	~7.25 MB/s
Netbook initiate transfer to desktop	~4.75 MB/s	~7.25 MB/s

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