05.05.2012 15:11, Marc Paré skrev: > Hi Frank, > > Le 2012-05-04 20:57, Frank Griffin a écrit : >> >> Wireless is another issue. If the router is doing the wireless, >> upgrading to a good-quality n-level wireless router will give your >> wireless systems more parity with their wired brethren. Be careful of >> high-speed n-level routers that only deliver their top-rated speed if >> all of the wireless NICs come from the same vendor. >> >
Actually thats only sort of partly true. As long as they support the same standard like 2x2 or 3x3 (radio x stream) they will get higher speed. but yes, the vendor-specific "extensions" to the standard will need the matching vendor wireless adapter. > That's interesting to note; I recently bought a N-router but didn't see > big gains in speed or distance. Maybe that is why. I was actually going > to check to see if I could boost the signal a bit to get more reach -- I > use a laptop on our patio but the signal can be troublesome at the best > of times. > does your laptops support the standard the router is supporting ? If not, you wont see any change. As for phones, only newer and more expensive ones knows how to do stuff like 2x2 -- Thomas
