diga Posted September 7, 2014 Posted September 7, 2014 Yes, that's my finding is after spending hours. I got an AC router to check and it's awesome but Range is a problem for AC router. It's amazing that I go from 100 to 8 Mbps by walking only 50-60 ft. I guess I need one with couple of external antennas get a 11n router with 3x3 instead of a 11ac ... provides a better reach & upto 150Mbps
Old guy Posted September 7, 2014 Posted September 7, 2014 So shall I use the N router as it should be fast enough or shall I go for AC. The positive is that if I use AC then my connection speed with the network hard drive should improve, right now it's pretty bad and I can barely use it over the net for large files or backing up MacBook. The disadvantage of AC: it's much more expensive, I won't have speeds of more than 300 for a while and even if I do, it won't be of much use. Plus it's more expensive Get Ac for future proofing and remember direct transfer of files will be quicker also things like wireless sync
Old guy Posted September 7, 2014 Posted September 7, 2014 get a 11n router with 3x3 instead of a 11ac ... provides a better reach & upto 150Mbps I did not knew that here will be compromise with reach in that case hhis is better
diga Posted September 7, 2014 Posted September 7, 2014 So shall I use the N router as it should be fast enough or shall I go for AC. The positive is that if I use AC then my connection speed with the network hard drive should improve, right now it's pretty bad and I can barely use it over the net for large files or backing up MacBook. The disadvantage of AC: it's much more expensive, I won't have speeds of more than 300 for a while and even if I do, it won't be of much use. it's more expensive but still quite cheap, 1200 AC for 88 bucks including taxes :) I did not knew that here will be compromise with reach in that case hhis is better http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11#Protocol check the table for speed & reach.. by no means it reflects the current results with different chipsets :winky:
Desi Cartman Posted September 8, 2014 Author Posted September 8, 2014 Epic fail... all these routers that I am getting are pretty good at speed but the speed goes down by 10% for every 8 ft, btw time I get to the bedroom, the speed is almost 1 Mbps. With the old netgear router I get 11 times that at the same distance :wall: I might have to get an AC router with antenna else its basically useless.
Old guy Posted September 8, 2014 Posted September 8, 2014 Epic fail... all these routers that I am getting are pretty good at speed but the speed goes down by 10% for every 8 ft, btw time I get to the bedroom, the speed is almost 1 Mbps. With the old netgear router I get 11 times that at the same distance :wall: I might have to get an AC router with antenna else its basically useless. How big is ur house man ?:nervous: Jokes aside get one with most range my friend has router which he uses on 2 nd floor and wifi is in room on ground floor ...so just keep searching I will find good one
Desi Cartman Posted September 8, 2014 Author Posted September 8, 2014 How big is ur house man ?:nervous: Jokes aside get one with most range my friend has router which he uses on 2 nd floor and wifi is in room on ground floor ...so just keep searching I will find good one I know but no router ever states the area they cover, I guess if it doesnt have an external antenna then its not really worth the try.
Old guy Posted September 8, 2014 Posted September 8, 2014 I know but no router ever states the area they cover' date=' I guess if it doesnt have an external antenna then its not really worth the try.[/quote'] Check reviews for that also I am not sure number of antenna matter most probably they do but here will be other factors so find 2 or 3 routers you like and read reviews specially about range
diga Posted September 8, 2014 Posted September 8, 2014 Epic fail... all these routers that I am getting are pretty good at speed but the speed goes down by 10% for every 8 ft, btw time I get to the bedroom, the speed is almost 1 Mbps. With the old netgear router I get 11 times that at the same distance :wall: I might have to get an AC router with antenna else its basically useless. 11ac supports only 5GHz band.. where attenuation is more. 11n supports both 2.4GHz /5 GHz. I still suggest you go for 11n with 3x3 MIMO support http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/24246/~/what-is-the-difference-between-2.4-ghz-and-5ghz%3F ps: all I can say is I work on these
Old guy Posted September 8, 2014 Posted September 8, 2014 11ac supports only 5GHz band.. where attenuation is more. 11n supports both 2.4GHz /5 GHz. I still suggest you go for 11n with 3x3 MIMO support http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/24246/~/what-is-the-difference-between-2.4-ghz-and-5ghz%3F ps: all I can say is I work on these I think this will be more than sufficent for him right ? I mean will it max out his connection on wireless ?
diga Posted September 8, 2014 Posted September 8, 2014 I think this will be more than sufficent for him right ? I mean will it max out his connection on wireless ? nope.. that chart is a comparision of normalised values. Its better to have a fallback option to 2.4G band to see if there is interference in the band you use
Old guy Posted September 8, 2014 Posted September 8, 2014 nope.. that chart is a comparision of normalised values. Its better to have a fallback option to 2.4G band to see if there is interference in the band you use No I get that but I mean will n router be sufficent for this connection ?
diga Posted September 8, 2014 Posted September 8, 2014 No I get that but I mean will n router be sufficent for this connection ? if his access speed is less than 150Mbps, then 11n is sufficient
Old guy Posted September 8, 2014 Posted September 8, 2014 if his access speed is less than 150Mbps' date=' then 11n is sufficient[/quote'] It's around 100 mbps will his laptop get anywhere close to this?
diga Posted September 8, 2014 Posted September 8, 2014 It's around 100 mbps will his laptop get anywhere close to this? It gets a bit technical.. 11n 3x3 can theoretically support 450Mbps. 3 spatial streams of data each with a capacity of 150Mbps, & the rate falls exponentially with distance. Not only that, the receiver(laptop) should have the ability to concurrently receive these 3 . He should get 100M if he is within 30ft,beyond that it depends on the channel profile (his house characteristics)
Old guy Posted September 8, 2014 Posted September 8, 2014 It gets a bit technical.. 11n 3x3 can theoretically support 450Mbps. 3 spatial streams of data each with a capacity of 150Mbps' date=' & the rate falls exponentially with distance. Not only that, the receiver(laptop) should have the ability to concurrently receive these 3 . He should get 100M if he is within 30ft,beyond that it depends on the channel profile (his house characteristics)[/quote'] Cool :two_thumbs_up: it should still get more than 30 mbps so it's good upgrade
hhunaeh Posted September 8, 2014 Posted September 8, 2014 did not find anything substantiating that... any links? on a sidenote there were a lot of proprietary implementations of 802.11n before the standard was formalized. It could happen that either the PC or the router has some incompatibility which could result in them switching back to 802.11 a/b/g I got it from here https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Netgear_WGR614v10
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