Wireless network USB adapter

[capri87]

Hi all, I'm planning to shift my PC setup into my room. Currently it is in my living room, using LAN cAble to connect my PC to the router, which is also in my living room. But if I shift my PC desktop into my room, I want to go wireless.

So, anyone can recommend me a good wireless network USB adapter that can offer fast internet connection speed? Or should I use home plug? What's home plug by the way?

 

[jtjt00]

Which router are you using now?
How far is your room to the router, number of walls?

 

[capri87]

I'm using the stock Singtel pace router? If I'm not wrong, it's 100MBPS..no walls from my room to living room, except my door lol..distance about 10 meters away?

 

[capri87]

I just got to know there's wifi pcie card as well...or is this better than USB adapter? Ps, I'm quite noob at these things

 

[capri87]

My motherboard is gigabyte G1 sniper m5 matx..is it advisable to use asus pce-ac66?

 

[havetobuy]

My motherboard is gigabyte G1 sniper m5 matx..is it advisable to use asus pce-ac66?

juz buy any pci-e ac/450N(upwards will do)
me usin tplink 800 450N speed pci-e

 

[capri87]

juz buy any pci-e ac/450N(upwards will do)
me usin tplink 800 450N speed pci-e

Is it fast? how's the speed? Im also considering getting homeplugs also

 

[ComPuiTer]

Wired > Wireless Adapter > Home Plug.

Home plug is the least priority. Most of the time, the speed will drop 50% for WA, that is what I am experiencing

 

[capri87]

Wah how come I keep getting differing opinions from everyone I ask.. Some says home plug better some says wireless adapter better..U said your wireless adapter drops 50%, since u are using WA, how do u know homeplug is worse than WA?

 

[randonstranger]

i got the asus RT-N56U router from re-contracting fibre with m1
i bought the tp-link TL-WDN4800 N900 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter
and 3x of tp-link 2.4GHz 8dBi Indoor Desktop Omni-directional Antenna (rated 2.4Ghz but its dual band)

connected to 5Ghz band..
on a 200mbps plan, i have an average speed of 170-180 DL and 120 UL
4 meters away with 1 wall..

i have spare pci-e asus PCE-N15 and the tp-link pci TL-WN851ND and tp-link TL-WR941ND router.. if u wan borrow them to play around, can pm me..

 

[techieboon]

i got the asus RT-N56U router from re-contracting fibre with m1
i bought the tp-link TL-WDN4800 N900 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter
and 3x of tp-link 2.4GHz 8dBi Indoor Desktop Omni-directional Antenna (rated 2.4Ghz but its dual band)

connected to 5Ghz band..
on a 200mbps plan, i have an average speed of 170-180 DL and 120 UL
4 meters away with 1 wall..

i have spare pci-e asus PCE-N15 and the tp-link pci TL-WN851ND and tp-link TL-WR941ND router.. if u wan borrow them to play around, can pm me..

you using ASUS firmware or custom Padavan firmware?

 

[AnTiLooP]

Wah how come I keep getting differing opinions from everyone I ask.. Some says home plug better some says wireless adapter better..U said your wireless adapter drops 50%, since u are using WA, how do u know homeplug is worse than WA?

if the distance from your source and destination is not like running 2.4K ippt then you are better off with using wifi vs HP.

HP usually work below 50% of their stated specificiations, and degraded more based on quality of your home elec wirering...

people who go with home plugs usually are the "usual/semi" consumers who coudn't care less what they get with speeds, and rather that they just want it to work acceptability.

from my perspective i WILL NEVER go with homeplugs...

i like my NAS / LAN connectivity to hit 60mb and up throughout whenver wherever.

cheers.

 

[manyu882]

So far I don't see ping loss to routers using HPs, only on wireless.

For Wifi, if you get a Wireless N with 150Mbps router If you get an excellent WiFi signal (of 5 bars) rated at 150Mbps link speed, expect roughly 75Mbps in speedtest. The link speed depends on the quality of Wifi Signal; which affects by noises, range, deflection, and signal absorption.
It is possible to achieve like what other forums said, 50% of rated speed at home. Do expect packet loss if you get low Wifi Signal and drop in link speed.


For homeplugs, if you install a pair of AV500, with maximum link speed rated at 500Mpbs, expect about 250Mbps in speedtest on an ideal condition. However, The link speed depends on the quality of electrical cables, length and signal interference. Unlink Wifi, it is practically impossible to achieve maximum link peed at home and hence, most people get 20 to 25% (on AV) of maximum link speed from speedtest which is considered good.

So it is not simple as it is. Do figure out and do some homework based on the factors above. I suggest you borrow someone else's homeplug and wireless adapters to try it out before committing on either one.

 

[AnTiLooP]

So far I don't see ping loss to routers using HPs, only on wireless.

For Wifi, if you get a Wireless N with 150Mbps router If you get an excellent WiFi signal (of 5 bars) rated at 150Mbps link speed, expect roughly 75Mbps in speedtest. The link speed depends on the quality of Wifi Signal; which affects by noises, range, deflection, and signal absorption.
It is possible to achieve like what other forums said, 50% of rated speed at home. Do expect packet loss if you get low Wifi Signal and drop in link speed.


For homeplugs, if you install a pair of AV500, with maximum link speed rated at 500Mpbs, expect about 250Mbps in speedtest on an ideal condition. However, The link speed depends on the quality of electrical cables, length and signal interference. Unlink Wifi, it is practically impossible to achieve maximum link peed at home and hence, most people get 20 to 25% (on AV) of maximum link speed from speedtest which is considered good.

So it is not simple as it is. Do figure out and do some homework based on the factors above. I suggest you borrow someone else's homeplug and wireless adapters to try it out before committing on either one.

5 Bars indicator doesn't usually mean much. What you need to take into account is the link speed between the adapter/pc and the wireless router/signal.

you can have 3 bars running at 450mbps and 5 bars running at 150mbps.

 

[capri87]

I'm living in a 5 room flat.. So from my room to the living room won't be that far, roughly about 10m.. Yea, guess I gotta try out both HP and wireless on my home settings to determine which is more suitable for me since there are conflicting results/opinions on HP and wireless..

 

[AnTiLooP]

I'm living in a 5 room flat.. So from my room to the living room won't be that far, roughly about 10m.. Yea, guess I gotta try out both HP and wireless on my home settings to determine which is more suitable for me since there are conflicting results/opinions on HP and wireless..

you should really stay away from Hplugs... usually wireless problems are caused by configuration problems, or where the adapter and router are not connected optimally. these can be fixed on assumption there's nothing fundamentally wrong with your equipment, are running wireless N on the 5GHZ band with no major obstruction in the line of sight between those equipments.

 

[manyu882]

I'm living in a 5 room flat.. So from my room to the living room won't be that far, roughly about 10m.. Yea, guess I gotta try out both HP and wireless on my home settings to determine which is more suitable for me since there are conflicting results/opinions on HP and wireless..

Glad to hear this.

 

[capri87]

you should really stay away from Hplugs... usually wireless problems are caused by configuration problems, or where the adapter and router are not connected optimally. these can be fixed on assumption there's nothing fundamentally wrong with your equipment, are running wireless N on the 5GHZ band with no major obstruction in the line of sight between those equipments.

So which do u recommend for wireless adapter? What specific brand and model to look at? Thanks

 

[capri87]

I just tried with my old tp link wireless adapter in my room. From speedtest, download speed is about 14mbps and upload speed is about 17mbps lol..this is super slow right? Btw, the adapter is about more than 5yrs old already I think haha

 

[sneggg]

guys need some urgent help here, im installing fibre 200mbps this coming fri but however i can only have wifi connection

how do i optimize the speed ? i play dota,surfing and video watching
im looking the the wireless adapters i see wireless N and wireless AC(much more exp).

i understand i wont get the full speed being wireless but it should be better than by current 10mbps ? which adapter is reccomended ? TIA!