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By Bradley Mitchell, About.com Guide to Wireless / Networking since 1999

Wireless Networking: What is the Actual Speed of an 802.11b Network?

Wednesday January 5, 2005
| FAQ | The theoretical bandwidth supported by an 802.11b Wi-Fi wireless connection is 11 Mbps. However, this level of performance is never realized in practice due to network overhead and other factors. Think 10 Mbps is achievable? 9 Mbps? Guess again.
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