Does it matter if an access point has Gigabit ethernet ports? Will the data transmission speed be dependent on it?

[hidaayat07]

I want to purchase a Wireless Access Point, but the specification states it only comes with Fast Ethernet 10/100 ports.

I'm not certain how this will affect the speed of the wireless network. If I understand it correct, wireless devices will be connected to the access point wirelessly which will in turn be connected through ethernet to my wireless router which in turn will be connected through ethernet to my pc.

Both my router and pc have gigabit ethernet. So will the speed of the network, how I fast I can browse the internet and access/transfer files on my wireless device be affected by the fact that the access point does not have gigabit ethernet.

Also my wireless router is an N750 (300 + 450Mbps) router, the access point is 300 Mbps, but I can't find an access point with the speed of 750. Will the access point not utilise the full potential (speed-wise) of the wireless router?

Please help me understand, I'm a complete newbie to this.

Thanks

 

[bill001g]

If you are just going to access the internet it makes no difference unless you happen to be one of the lucky people who can get google gig fiber access. You can only go as fast as you payed your ISP. So if you only have 10m of internet that is as fast as it will go.

Now if you transfer data between a pc on the main router and a PC on the AP you will be limited to 100m. Depends how much that really matters to you 100m is still really fast you would have to transfer huge amount of data and it depend if taking a few extra minutes really is significant.

The 750 number is a advertising number intentionally designed to confuse people. Your router has 2 radios 2.4g and 5g. One can run 300 and the other 450. The deception is it cannot run both those to a single device. It can run say 300m to one PC and 450m to another but it can't really run 750m to a single pc.

Most this doesn't matter you will get no where close to any of those numbers in real world installs. You might get 200m if you were to run just a single wireless devices with no neighbors interfering. Once you start running multiple wireless devices and you get external interference you most times get maybe 50 or 60m if you are lucky.

 

[Sp00kie]

With one computer connected wirelessly, The wired ethernet speed between your access point and router will not be an issue because it is faster than the wireless connection on your access point. When you have multiple PCs and devices like phones and tablets in the home it can create a bottleneck. For the few $ difference in price, I would go for the gigabit even if its just to futureproof it.