Going Wireless! Wireless N On G Card vs Cable?
Im currently using cable with speeds of 100mpbs. im planning on going wireless becuase the cables are a hassle taking them upstairs all the time and getting in the way. Ive been looking at wireless N. My computer has a.b.g but ive read the router im looking at is compatible with g. ive read on other answers that using n on a standard g will see no benefit and ill only get the standard 54mbps, is this true? im also wondering why on my cable im recieving 100mbps and how come changing wireless will decrease that, does anyone know? is anyone using a n router on a standard g card? if so , does the range inprove atall and does it go down to 54mbps?
i also wan to add that most of the standard g have 100m max. another reason i was interested in the n is because ive tried my cousins wireless here which is is 100m, and its poor signal upstairs so i want to try and boost the signal
First, lets understand a couple of SPEED items. You may indeed have 100mbps ethernet connection BUT you do not have anywhere near that speed to the internet!!!!
These speeds are all LOCAL LAN speeds.
If your MAIN use of your network is for the internet then even a good ol 802.11b card would work fine as its 11mbps. Most internet connections are still below the 10mbps mark!
Yes if you use a G card on an N router, you get the 54mbps speed. Still plenty fast for internet. Since the N standard is still unfinished and is PRE-N at the moment, using G and saving money while doing it makes alot of sense to me!
(heck using A makes a good choice also as there is much less interferance on the 5.8 gig frequencies! However, it does not penetrate walls etc as well!)
Cables, as of today are still a better choice than wireless! If you can connect using cable, you will always be faster! Current ehternet units are 1000mbps, well over all wireless. Wireless gets interference from too many things and well, its getting worse not better! (As more and more people use it there are more and more interferring sources! This results in less and less range and less and less speed.) Wireless also just does not have the “bandwidth” available to get speeds which wire and fiber can deliver and its not likely to in the near future!
The range on N is “increased” by the multiple paths, thus multiple antennas. However, in the real world, it isn’t that much better. (In fact very little for most users!) Good antennas attached to G routers will match it in most cases! (Or better class routers will anyway.)
Hope that helps and God Bless
PS. There are lots of reports that G and N don’t always play well together… they should, but sometimes don’t, just check here for people not getting them working!
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