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
      ------------------------------------------------------------
      Client connecting to qubit.thoughtbit.com, TCP port 5001
      TCP window size: 63.0 KByte (default)
      ------------------------------------------------------------
      [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)
      ------------------------------------------------------------
      [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)
      ------------------------------------------------------------
      [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