Hi Rob,
This router connects to the Internet via your phone line which transfers
data at a much lower speed than 54Mbs anyway. If you check the website, it
states "Wireless: 802.11g Access Point auto rate capable up to 108 Mbps".
Notice the words "up to". The actual speed you will get depends on a number
of factors - the distance between the receiver and transmitter, the make of
receiver (I always recommend that the transmitter and receiver are from the
same manufacturer), atmospheric conditions (being wireless they can be
susceptible to the same sort of interference as ordinary radio) and the
location of the devices in your home (mains wiring also radiates an
electromagnetic field). All of these together will reduce the maximum speed
(which is a theoretical maximum anyway). As long as the data rate from your
ISP is lower than the connection between your router and PC then personally I
wouldn't worry about it, providing, of course, you are not having data loss
problems. For your information, I use a Netgear DG834G router that is
connected to my PC via Ethernet at a rate of 100Mbs, although my ISP data
rate is only 2Mbs. The only way to get substantially increased data rates
from ISPs will be for the phone network to be upgraded to fibre optic
technology. As it stands, the maximum data transfer rate of your ISP is
governed chiefly by the last link in the chain, ie the distance that you are
away from the exchange, the further away you are the slower the speed.
Dwarf
