What is faster 100Mbps LAN or Wifi in ideal circumstances?

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What is faster 100Mbps LAN or Wifi in ideal circumstances?

Subjects says it all, ATV2 is limited to 100Mbps on its Ethernet interface. Will it be possible in ideal circumstances to get a better speed using (say) a close by Airport Extreme base station which itself is connected to a 1Gbps network? This is of course about local traffic, not internet.

2010 iMac 27" i7, 2009 MBA SSD, 2010 mini server, NeXTdimension Cube

Posted on Apr 15, 2011 4:27 AM

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Winston Churchill

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Apr 15, 2011 4:42 AM in response to Gerben Wierda

Theoretically wifi 'n' would be the fastest, but while theoretical speeds over ethernet are usually nearly obtainable this is not the case for wifi.

Secondly consider that the Apple TV won't work at speeds anywhere near 100 Mbps anyway, so your speed is limited by the device and not it's connection.

Finally ethernet is always more reliable and should be used in preference to wifi were the possibility to use it exists.

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Rudegar

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Apr 15, 2011 7:08 AM in response to Gerben Wierda

for sync more speed == faster sync
for stream speed just have to be fast enough

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Tobsen

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Apr 17, 2011 3:49 AM in response to Gerben Wierda

Ethernet is in most cases faster. If both devices are connected via wifi, they have to share the bandwidth. Even more devices such an iPhone can decrease the speed further.

My AppleTV is connected via powerline to my wifi router.

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