For the best performance with the N stuff, which is still in a draft mode as the specs have not been approved, is to to use all N equipment, routers and adapters from the same mfr with the same flavor..ie speedboost etc..
A lot of the stuff just doesn't play well together due to the differnet chips that different mfrs use in their equipment.
The G stuff has been around for a while and the mfrs are all on the same page when it comes to the specs. Hopefully this N stuff will all shake out by the end of this year or early next when the specs are finally approved.
When browsing the internet I could just feel it was slow.
I went to a couple of bandwidth meter sites and it was significantly slower than, my old g router, my g only laptop on the new router, and the same laptop running in g mode.
When I was testing the only things I had running were my laptop, my desktop (hardwired), the netgear router, and of course my motorola cable modem. The other stuff, including the cordless phone, were shut down.
checking the spec on your wireless adapter it looks like it does not support the 5 gig N range. only the 2.4 gig specs.. that could be a lot of the reason..here again componets not all the same configuration..
The router you had might have been ok if it was operting in the dual mode of either 2.4 or 5 gig...the 5 gig stuff is newer and there is not that much out there that supports it other than routers and adapters from the same mfr...
kikomatsing
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March 14th, 2008 05:00
whats the error when your using the netgear and your mini card?? and also your linksys??
Davet50
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March 14th, 2008 13:00
For the best performance with the N stuff, which is still in a draft mode as the specs have not been approved, is to to use all N equipment, routers and adapters from the same mfr with the same flavor..ie speedboost etc..
A lot of the stuff just doesn't play well together due to the differnet chips that different mfrs use in their equipment.
The G stuff has been around for a while and the mfrs are all on the same page when it comes to the specs. Hopefully this N stuff will all shake out by the end of this year or early next when the specs are finally approved.
davshu
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March 15th, 2008 00:00
I didn't get any error messages.
It was just slow.
When browsing the internet I could just feel it was slow.
I went to a couple of bandwidth meter sites and it was significantly slower than, my old g router, my g only laptop on the new router, and the same laptop running in g mode.
When I was testing the only things I had running were my laptop, my desktop (hardwired), the netgear router, and of course my motorola cable modem. The other stuff, including the cordless phone, were shut down.
Have you had any luck with any of the n routers?
It sounds like I'll just have to wait....
davshu
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March 15th, 2008 01:00
Thanks, I couldn't tell from that page if it supported 5 ghz or not.
So I "chatted" with Dell and was assured that it did:
Could tech support be wrong? :smileyhappy:
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March 15th, 2008 01:00
checking the spec on your wireless adapter it looks like it does not support the 5 gig N range. only the 2.4 gig specs.. that could be a lot of the reason..here again componets not all the same configuration..
Heres what i found on the specs
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Graphics_Cards/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=430-2815#Overview
The router you had might have been ok if it was operting in the dual mode of either 2.4 or 5 gig...the 5 gig stuff is newer and there is not that much out there that supports it other than routers and adapters from the same mfr...