Small Office And Home Office (Soho) Networking Technologies - NETGEAR WNA3100 - Wireless-N 300 USB Adapter User Manual

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In planning your network, think about which tasks will have the heaviest traffic flow between
them. Examples are:
• A media center in one room streaming high-definition video from a server in another room
• A storage device that is used for backing up your computers

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Common connection types and their speed and security considerations are:
• Broadband Internet
Your Internet connection speed is determined by your modem type, such as ADSL or cable
modem, the connection speed of the sites to which you connect, and general Internet traffic.
ADSL and cable modem connections are asymmetrical, meaning they have a lower data rate to
the Internet (upstream) than from the Internet (downstream). Keep in mind that when you
connect to another site that also has an asymmetrical connection, the data rate between your
sites is limited by each side's upstream data rate. A typical residential ADSL or cable modem
connection provides a downstream data rate of about 1 to 3 megabits per second (Mbps).
Newer technologies such as ADSL2+ and Fiber to the Home (FTTH) l increase the connection
speed to tens of Mbps.
Wireless-N 300 USB Adapter WNA3100 User Manual
v1.0, December 2009
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