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Netgear WNR834B Wireless-N Router Network Throughput

After a discussion with my buddies on network throughput and the Netgear WNR834B Wireless-N Router, we decided to perform a throughput test for all of its encryption modes. Use used the Speakeasy Speed Test to benchmark the performance. The following are the results.

Encryption	130 Mbps	270 Mbps
None	Download Speed: 19149 kbps (2393.6 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 4225 kbps (528.1 KB/sec transfer rate)	Download Speed: 17592 kbps (2199 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 4400 kbps (550 KB/sec transfer rate)
64-Bit WEP		Download Speed: 15712 kbps (1964 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 4299 kbps (537.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
128-Bit WEP		Download Speed: 16452 kbps (2056.5 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 4350 kbps (543.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
WPA-PSK [TKIP]		Download Speed: 17925 kbps (2240.6 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 4239 kbps (529.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
WPA2-PSK [AES]		Download Speed: 19126 kbps (2390.8 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 4425 kbps (553.1 KB/sec transfer rate)

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