Hi,
The MIMO tag is really misleading. What the 'MIMO' routers with
ordinary clients does for you is realizing a MISO (Multiple Input,
Single Output) channel and provide antenna diversity. One can view this
as multiple antennas (2 or 3) at the router will send multiple streams
to the client. The
I have read several wireless router reviews and I can't tell if MIMO
needs to be supported by the wireless card/device, in this case the
squeezebox, for it to be of an advantage.
Smallnetbuilder found that a Belkin MIMO wireless G had the best
combination of throughput and connectivity.
All I can say is that what I have heard from others does largely match
my own experience. Yes, you do need the same technology to be
implemented on both devices to reap the full benefits.
I recently 'upgraded' from a Speedtouch 802.11G wireless router to a
Netgear draft 'N' MIMO router
How I believed MIMO works is that it recognizes where the clients are
and optimizes which antennas it uses from its multiple antenna array in
order to get maximum throughput around obstacles.
In that case, the smarts are all in the router and the receiver doesn't
need to know about this, so yes,
I got a performance improvement on my SB3 when I upgraded to a Linksys
SRX400 MIMO G router. I had lots of dropouts before and now have
almost none (except for Rhapsody, which has its own issues). The
router also has a Quality Of Service function where I can set the SB3
to be the traffic
