wifi routers

Testing

First round, AP is above refrigerator. Taking the best of 3 test runs.

wnr2000

2.4Ghz 802.11n router.

One major limitation is that the wired ports are only 100Mbps, not 1Gbps.

  1. kitchen table:
    • defaults (10s run): 
      C:\iperf>iperf.exe -c qubit.thoughtbit.com
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Client connecting to qubit.thoughtbit.com, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 63.0 KByte (default)
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[448] local 192.168.1.36 port 55656 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[448]  0.0-10.4 sec  89.3 MBytes  71.7 Mbits/sec
    • 100MB size: 
      C:\iperf>iperf.exe -c qubit.thoughtbit.com -n 100M
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to qubit.thoughtbit.com, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 63.0 KByte (default)
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[448] local 192.168.1.36 port 55698 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[448]  0.0-12.7 sec   100 MBytes  66.1 Mbits/sec
    • parallel (has no impact): 
      C:\iperf>iperf.exe -c qubit.thoughtbit.com -n 100M -P 4
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to qubit.thoughtbit.com, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 63.0 KByte (default)
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[556] local 192.168.1.36 port 55730 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[560] local 192.168.1.36 port 55731 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[552] local 192.168.1.36 port 55729 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[548] local 192.168.1.36 port 55728 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[552]  0.0-48.3 sec   100 MBytes  17.3 Mbits/sec
[548]  0.0-48.7 sec   100 MBytes  17.2 Mbits/sec
[556]  0.0-50.1 sec   100 MBytes  16.7 Mbits/sec
[560]  0.0-50.2 sec   100 MBytes  16.7 Mbits/sec
[SUM]  0.0-50.2 sec   400 MBytes  66.8 Mbits/sec
    • 1GB size: 
      C:\iperf>iperf.exe -c qubit.thoughtbit.com -n 1G
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to qubit.thoughtbit.com, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 63.0 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[456] local 192.168.1.36 port 55773 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[456]  0.0-125.9 sec  1.00 GBytes  68.3 Mbits/sec
  2. coffee table:
    • defaults (10s run): 
      C:\iperf>iperf.exe -c qubit.thoughtbit.com
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to qubit.thoughtbit.com, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 63.0 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[448] local 192.168.1.36 port 55672 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[448]  0.0-11.1 sec  42.8 MBytes  32.2 Mbits/sec
    • 100MB size: 
      C:\iperf>iperf.exe -c qubit.thoughtbit.com -n 100M
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to qubit.thoughtbit.com, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 63.0 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[452] local 192.168.1.36 port 47053 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[452]  0.0-24.5 sec   100 MBytes  34.2 Mbits/sec
    • parallel: 
      C:\iperf>iperf.exe -c qubit.thoughtbit.com -n 100M -P 4
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to qubit.thoughtbit.com, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 63.0 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[552] local 192.168.1.36 port 47074 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[560] local 192.168.1.36 port 47075 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[564] local 192.168.1.36 port 47076 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[556] local 192.168.1.36 port 47073 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[556]  0.0-101.3 sec   100 MBytes  8.28 Mbits/sec
[564]  0.0-102.3 sec   100 MBytes  8.20 Mbits/sec
[552]  0.0-102.9 sec   100 MBytes  8.15 Mbits/sec
[560]  0.0-107.1 sec   100 MBytes  7.83 Mbits/sec
[SUM]  0.0-107.1 sec   400 MBytes  31.3 Mbits/sec
    • 1GB size: 
      C:\iperf>iperf.exe -c qubit.thoughtbit.com -n 1G
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to qubit.thoughtbit.com, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 63.0 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[448] local 192.168.1.36 port 55884 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[448]  0.0-220.2 sec  1.00 GBytes  39.0 Mbits/sec
  3. bedroom:
    • defaults (10s run): 
      C:\iperf>iperf.exe -c qubit.thoughtbit.com
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to qubit.thoughtbit.com, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 63.0 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[448] local 192.168.1.36 port 47350 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[448]  0.0-10.5 sec  35.9 MBytes  28.6 Mbits/sec
    • 100MB size: 
      C:\iperf>iperf.exe -c qubit.thoughtbit.com -n 100M
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to qubit.thoughtbit.com, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 63.0 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[448] local 192.168.1.36 port 47374 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[448]  0.0-32.3 sec   100 MBytes  26.0 Mbits/sec
    • parallel: 
      C:\iperf>iperf.exe -c qubit.thoughtbit.com -n 100M -P 4
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to qubit.thoughtbit.com, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 63.0 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[556] local 192.168.1.36 port 47423 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[560] local 192.168.1.36 port 47422 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[528] local 192.168.1.36 port 47421 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[524] local 192.168.1.36 port 47424 connected with 192.168.1.16 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[560]  0.0-90.9 sec   100 MBytes  9.23 Mbits/sec
[556]  0.0-102.3 sec   100 MBytes  8.20 Mbits/sec
[524]  0.0-105.0 sec   100 MBytes  7.99 Mbits/sec
[528]  0.0-130.9 sec   100 MBytes  6.41 Mbits/sec
[SUM]  0.0-130.9 sec   400 MBytes  25.6 Mbits/sec