Edimax BR-6226n Wireless Router Review

Page 4 - Testing

Tests of the wireless connectivity were concluded between Edimax BR-6226n and two notebooks - MSI Wind U-100 (802.11n wireless controller) and Asus X51R (802.11g wireless controller). For comparison purposes we used a somewhat older wireless (802.11g) router, which has a price very close to that of the currently reviewed product. We're talking about D-Link DL-524.

For measuring performance we used the free version of IXIA IxChariot - software for monitoring the transfer of IP based networks, namely - Qcheck.

The performance of the router was measured between computer connected through cable to the LAN ports of the router and the laptop. Tests were split in 4 groups:

• LAN-LAN connectivity – both computers are connected to the LAN ports of the router;
• LAN-WLAN in the same room – with 1.5m distance between them;
• LAN-WLAN, with one concrete wall between the two devices – distance is 6m;
• LAN-WLAN, with two concrete walls between the two devices – distance is 15m;

The signal strength is not displayed this time, since the integrated software does not manage to display it properly, and honestly, the more important thing is the actual transfer speed we could get.

NOTE: Keep in mind that with wireless transfer the maximal transfer speed in one direction is half of the one you're connected at – meaning that the 54 Mbps is the whole channel in both directions. Therefore for the tests we ran two series of transfers in each direction (separately), and afterward we calculated the average for better acuracy.

LAN – LAN connectivity

the results here were overall similar, with slight advantage for the new router. We see that the router could handle almost 100MBit, even though the full amount is unobtainable under Windows OS for a number of reasons.

LAN-WLAN in the same room