Wireless-N Routers talk to me?

[Andy_con]

getting BT infinity internet next week.

my laptop can take a upgraded wireless adaptor to work with wireless-N routers but are they actually worth it? do they make any difference at all?

 

[Dave.]

my own personal opinion is no im afraid mate. i have a wireless N router and its no different range wise than the old G spec one i had

 

[Andy_con]

um fair enough ill save my money if thats the general feel from people

 

[Dave.]

i think the ragemaxx ones are supposed to be a lot better, dependant on if your system is compatible etc

 

[Andy_con]

ive got an dell inspirion 1750 so is compatible with wireless-n

from google searching am i correct in saying they are suppose to make internet quicker?

 

[Dave.]

it wont speed up your connection, the link between your router is 54mps, if your connections is slower it wont affect the speed at all, N gives more range as far as i know

 

[Andy_con]

oh right i see, i need to go google again

cheers

 

[Longy]

Good thing with Wireless N is that it can also operate in the 5GHz which is far less crowded than limited 13 Channels of 2.4Ghz.

So if you're in a area with lots of AP's everywhere that can cause interference it's a good thing.

If you are going to have other devices on your network that can use Wireless N then yes you will gain speeds internally.

 

[realnumber 1]

it wont speed up your connection, the link between your router is 54mps, if your connections is slower it wont affect the speed at all, N gives more range as far as i know

N goes upto 300Mbps so although it wont affect the internet speed it will improve large file transferes on a home network.

 

[ChrisR]

I've not found N to improve range much but it's massively improved internal file transfers over the network, which is what it's primarily designed for.

 

[JonnyK]

infinity should come with a new homehub 3.0 which will be up to the job!

 

[dk]

I've turned n off on my router as it was causing issues and giving me a slower speed than g was