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Ok, I have a Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router for my home network. Recently, I decided to race my two computers. In the left corner was my Dell E510 desktop with 512 MB RAM and an Intel Pentium 4 Processor. In the right corner was my Macbook with the 2.0 GHz intel core 2 duo and 2 GB RAM. The Macbook easily won the restart contest (the OSX desktop was back up before XP was even finished shutting down). The Macbook easily took the Opening Microsoft Word contest as well. However, when I had the IE vs. Safari contest they were basically equal with Safariloading a few faster than IE, a majority of the time both opened at the same page at the same time, and IE beating out Safari on two pages. Now, considering that the Mac is far more advanced than the Dell I had to wonder if the router played a role in the internet speed contest. Don't get me wrong, I love my router, it has given me quality speed and surprisingly long range but You see, my Dell was hardwired to my router and my Mac was working off the Wireless technology. I had to wonder what would happen if I wired them both. So my question is, do computers that are hardwired to a broadband router perform page loads faster than those working wirelessly? That may be a dumb question but I really don't know. If any of you can help me out that'd be greatly appreciated.