GSLC · Question #548
Your customer wants the fastest wireless possible in his home. Which of the following would you recommend?
The correct answer is A. 802.11 wireless. This question tests knowledge of wireless technology standards and their throughput capabilities relative to each other for a home networking use case.
Question
Your customer wants the fastest wireless possible in his home. Which of the following would you recommend?
Options
- A802.11 wireless
- BSatellite
- CBluetooth
- D3G Cellular
How the community answered
(48 responses)- A90% (43)
- B2% (1)
- C2% (1)
- D6% (3)
Why each option
This question tests knowledge of wireless technology standards and their throughput capabilities relative to each other for a home networking use case.
IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standards - specifically 802.11n (up to 600 Mbps), 802.11ac (up to ~3.5 Gbps), and 802.11ax/Wi-Fi 6 (up to ~9.6 Gbps) - provide the highest available wireless throughput of all listed options and are specifically designed for local area wireless networking in home environments.
Satellite internet provides wide geographic coverage but has high latency and throughput well below modern 802.11 Wi-Fi, making it unsuitable as the fastest home wireless option.
Bluetooth is a short-range personal area network (PAN) technology designed for low-power device pairing with a maximum throughput far below Wi-Fi, and is not a home internet connectivity standard.
3G cellular provides mobile broadband with maximum theoretical speeds of around 21 Mbps (HSPA+), which is significantly lower than modern 802.11 Wi-Fi standards used in home networks.
Concept tested: IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi performance for home wireless networking
Source: https://www.wi-fi.org/discover-wi-fi/wi-fi-standards
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