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03-11-2010, 09:30 AM | #16 |
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Re: Wireless N+
That's why I ultimately chose an N router when I was looking. Cpayne is probably right about N not being a big upgrade from G (after all he's a smart dude), but the extra $ was worth it to me to never have to wonder if my PS3 experience could be better.
Rationalizing the irrational in the name of getting a new toy. It what we guys do.
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03-11-2010, 09:48 AM | #17 | |
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So true my PS3 kicks major butt now! LOL! Actually it seems to be performing the same. I may even upgrade my Xbox G card to a N card but why it runs perfect now.
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03-15-2010, 09:14 AM | #18 | |
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This router end up being a fail for me. It always dropped the signal it was horrible. Well I am back to my G router in search of something else.
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03-15-2010, 12:13 PM | #19 |
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Re: Wireless N+
Could be a dud. Sorry you had issues. Sounds like it worked great at first.
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03-15-2010, 12:40 PM | #20 |
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Re: Wireless N+
It may be an interference issue.
From an earlier post, I said... "Also note that 802.11n uses 2 channels (40MHz in total, for those keeping score at home), so if you live in a congested area, you may run into noise problems with neighboring 802.11b/g/n devices." 802.11 has 12 channels in the US. Of those 12, only 3 are non-overlapping at 20MHz channel widths (b/g). So, theoretically, if you see 4 SSIDs, there is interference on at least one channel (and with devices coming from the factory set to channel 6, they all may be using the same channel!). N uses 40MHz channel widths, so you do the math on how much noise there may be on the 2.4GHz spectrum if all your neighbors are using N too. You can change the channel on which your device operates. Do a site survey, ie look at all the SSIDs visible from your device, and note their signal strength and channel number. Set your device to use an empty channel, or a channel with the lowest signal if a device is already operating on that channel. |
03-15-2010, 02:44 PM | #21 | |
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Yeah it was. Funny thing is a lot of reviews said the same thing great entail performance then it crapped out.
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03-15-2010, 02:47 PM | #22 | |
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you may be right but is now back in the return pile at Best Buy. I am getting FIOS at the end of summer I will re-visited the issue after the install.
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03-15-2010, 03:00 PM | #23 |
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Re: Wireless N+
The wireless router market is a crapshoot...pick a router and hope for the best.
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03-15-2010, 03:54 PM | #24 | |
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I recently switched security on my G router from WEP to WPA in order to get my work Win7 Laptop to connect (Never had any hacking issues with WEP, so I never changed it; and for some reason, Win7 did not like WEP), and it was dropping the signal on all computers, having to reboot my router every 12-18 hours. Changed the channel, and boom, no more issues or reboots.
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03-15-2010, 04:29 PM | #25 |
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03-15-2010, 04:32 PM | #26 |
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Re: Wireless N+
I changed my channel out of the box for the various reasons above. Still running G and haven't had a problem with the router yet. I stream Netflix to a Roku over it with no problem...through two floors from the corner of a sub-terrain basement. I'm afraid to switch to N since my G has been so rock solid .
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