Re:Designing an Overkill workbench for home office
by dragontamer on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @02:39PM
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> I was surprised recently looking into wifi options that apparently the new wifi 6 claims to handle 2400Mbps.
The entire WiFi network can handle 2400Mbps.
While a 10Gbps CAT6 cable can handle a 10Gbps connection up and down stream per wire.
In short: 10Gbps CAT6 vs WiFi6 on "apples-to-apples" terms is 20Gbps (10Gbps per direction) vs WiFi 2.4Gbps.
Note that each additional CAT6 cable you add to the network increases your aggregate bandwidth by another 20Gbps (10Gbps duplex). A 8-port 10Gbps switch can be organizing 80Gbps duplex (80Gbps to, and from, every port), or 160Gbps in WiFi terms.
The entire WiFi network can handle 2400Mbps.
While a 10Gbps CAT6 cable can handle a 10Gbps connection up and down stream per wire.
In short: 10Gbps CAT6 vs WiFi6 on "apples-to-apples" terms is 20Gbps (10Gbps per direction) vs WiFi 2.4Gbps.
Note that each additional CAT6 cable you add to the network increases your aggregate bandwidth by another 20Gbps (10Gbps duplex). A 8-port 10Gbps switch can be organizing 80Gbps duplex (80Gbps to, and from, every port), or 160Gbps in WiFi terms.