hi guys i have a d-link wireless router downstairs and my pc is up stairs at minute i am using wireless my signal strengh is saying excellent. i have read in a few places that you get a better connection with wire resulting in faster downloads is this true can someone spread some light on this for me please i have a d-link airplus dwlg112 wireless router cheers

DJHANDZ, wired is much faster AND more reliable than wireless. Withe wired network devices there are "Megabit" speeds and the better "Gigabits" connection

For Megabit connections:
100 Megabit/seconds = 12.5 Mega Bytes/second
This is the maximum transmission speed of Megabit connections, real world speed averages about 80% of that with a decent computer. which means 10 mega bytes/second.

For Gigabits connections:
1000 Megabit/second = 125 Mega Bytes/second
Again, this is the maximum transmission speed of Gigabit connection, 10 times faster than megabit. In the real world between 2 FAST computers and with Gigabit network cards, and gigabit switches/routers AND Gigabit rated cables, you will get about anywhere between 30 mega bytes/second to 40 mega bytes/second, with bursts up to 50 mega bytes/second.
I have a Gigabit lan in my house and speak from experience on the real world transmission speed of gigabit


NOW, any internet connection IS NOT NEARLY as fast as your home network inside your house. I live in NYC and have a premium internet connection. I get about 10 megabits = 1.25 Mega Bytes/second on a good day. THAT MEANS, I can only download data from that internet at a maximum of 1.25 Mega bytes a second. This is much slower than Megabit and Gigabit.

Now the fasted wireless products out there will give you 300 mega bits/second, theoretically that is.
Real world that 300 is more like 54 megabits/second, which is still better than your internet connection.