Worth getting a N based router?

[silencerS3]

Hello all,

Just some questions to ask regarding N based connections.

I'm currently using the linksys wrt54g router and I just recently got a new laptop that has a wifi card with N based capabilities. Would changing a the router from the G based to N based type give me better download speeds and stuff?

I'm currently using starhub's maxonline express or sth ( 8mbps)

Thanks!

[liangtam]

You think nid change then change lor

[molecule]

Hello all,

Just some questions to ask regarding N based connections.

I'm currently using the linksys wrt54g router and I just recently got a new laptop that has a wifi card with N based capabilities. Would changing a the router from the G based to N based type give me better download speeds and stuff?

I'm currently using starhub's maxonline express or sth ( 8mbps)

Thanks!

am in same boat actually. also have same linksys router. If u mostly surf the web through the maxonline, frankly no diff coz bottleneck is at the Internet side. But if you are like me, want to use the wireless to connect and transfer stuff to other devices on the LAN, then N will definitely help.

[wiwi86]

if u onli user w N capability on ur pc at hm, i feel tat there's no such need for N router. aft all, u wun b utilising much of it.

[silencerS3]

am in same boat actually. also have same linksys router. If u mostly surf the web through the maxonline, frankly no diff coz bottleneck is at the Internet side. But if you are like me, want to use the wireless to connect and transfer stuff to other devices on the LAN, then N will definitely help.

Oh so when will the difference become apparent if you say that the bottleneck is with the ISP?
I suppose upgrading the speed will make difference but any idea which speed onwards I can really see a significant difference?

[gigigigi]

for browsing wun see any diff one. Wireless G bandwith (54mbps?) already much higher then your cable modem max speed 8mbps)

bigest advantage of moving to N will be when accessing content over your local network. lets say copy file from other pc, or streaming video, things like that.

[archtomato]

Have to agree ... N router not really a need if u are not gonna stream HD or such intensive tasks within your network.

I was using G router with like N laptops and G laptops without any major problem. Only bought a N router becoz my router died.

[liangtam]

Ppl dun buy N router just because its N.

[blacvios]

currently also have the linksys but antenna lost so coverage only in the room where it is at. Anyone have recommendations for good coverage G routers for hbd 5 room, or should i upgrade to N will N coverage be better?

[wherehouse]

currently also have the linksys but antenna lost so coverage only in the room where it is at. Anyone have recommendations for good coverage G routers for hbd 5 room, or should i upgrade to N will N coverage be better?
buy antenna is cheaper
=oP

[aaur4man]

N has good coverage

cover whole of old 5 room flat and still receive 1 floor below

but not all

[blacvios]

buy antenna is cheaper
=oP

I think with antenna, coverage is still so so only(Antenna discontinued). Anyway want to upgrade to N as old router was free and already 5yr old.

[blacvios]

N has good coverage

cover whole of old 5 room flat and still receive 1 floor below

but not all

Any brand to recommend that you may have used or have friends using. Looking at linksys ones at the moment.

[mr_voodoo]

Any brand to recommend that you may have used or have friends using. Looking at linksys ones at the moment.

Dlink. Can't go wrong there. :)

[felali]

N routers will be necessary if you have a huge area to cover, and there are (example) 20 computers connected wirelessly each requiring massive bandwidth and high network usage, connected to a 100mbps internet plan.

Anything below that, e.g. 3-4 connections etc... Any router these days would do, I think.

[Shinji_U]

I've been using N since DIR-655 surfaces, as of now my entire home is running on wireless N, laptops using Intel Ultimate N wireless, desktops DWA-160... I frequently transfer large files (8GB++) to and fro my home server and media server, so I need the N to be there, else gigabit...

[ciwen07]

If I am using a usb print server connect to the router, would getting a N-router be better?

[liangtam]

PS nothing to do with the router

[Snow_Rose]

Using N-router.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/596111949.png